Russian drone factory boss badly injured in car blast that kills driver

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Vladimir Tkachuk, director of the Uraldronzavod factory supplying drones to the Russian military, was critically injured in a car explosion near Yekaterinburg, which also killed his driver. The incident was reported amid ongoing security concerns, but authorities have yet to comment.

The director of a factory supplying drones to the Russian military was badly wounded and his driver was killed when the car they were in exploded, news reports said on Wednesday. The state Tass and RIA Novosti agencies said that Vladimir Tkachuk was hospitalised in grave condition following the explosion late Tuesday in Bolshoy Istok just outside Yekaterinburg, 1,400km (about 870 miles) east of Moscow. There was no immediate comment from the authorities. Tkachuk headed the Uraldronzavod factory...