A car belonging to Vladimir Tkachuk, the manufacturer of Upyr drones who runs a Telegram channel called Crazy about War, has been targeted in an explosion in the village of Bolshoi Istok near Yekaterinburg, more than 1,700 km (1,050 miles) east of the Ukrainian border.

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.

ALBAWABA - General Director of Uraldronzavod, Vladimir Tkachuk, one of Russia’s key arms and FPV drone manufacturers, survived a near assassination atte