MOSCOW: The CEO of a Russian drone factory has been seriously wounded in a “car explosion,” Russian state media reported Wednesday, in what appeared to be a second assassination attempt on a Russian defense official in days. Vladimir Tkachuk, 35, is head of Yekaterinburg-based drone manufacturer Uraldronzavod. Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported that his Mercedes exploded in the village of Bolshoy Istok, just outside Yekaterinburg. The circumstances of the incident and when it took place were not immediately clear. “Vladimir Tkachuk was injured in a car explosion.

The director of a Russian drone factory in the Urals was badly wounded Wednesday when his car exploded, according to the state Tass news agency.

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The head of a Russian drone factory was seriously injured in a car explosion. Vladimir Tkachuk, 35, is in intensive care after the incident near Yekaterinburg. His company…