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Attacks on Russian drone industry leaders
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In late July 2026, two separate shootings targeted senior figures of Russian in Russia’s drone manufacturers. sector were targeted in two separate shootings. On 29 July, an armed attacker assailant opened fire on the owner of an unnamed drone‑manufacturing company firm in a residential building south of Moscow; the victim was hospitalized survived after hospitalization and an attempted‑murder investigation probe was launched, opened, with motives still unclear. Later that night, Andrei Cherezov, founder and director of the Russian Laboratory of Air Transport (RLVT) in Tula, was shot multiple times as he opened his apartment door. He was taken to hospital in critical condition but stable condition. Russian prosecutors have classified the case as attempted murder and are pursuing the attacker fled. RLVT produces unknown attacker. RLVT, producer of the “Ovod” FPV combat drones supplied to the used by Russian army forces in Ukraine and Ukraine, is subject to under EU, US and Ukrainian sanctions. Russian security forces have begun a manhunt. Both sanctions and recently won state contracts worth about 30 million ruble for drone kits and control systems. The incidents add to a series pattern of attacks assaults on Russian defence‑industry figures personnel since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, war began, prompting ongoing intensified investigations and heightened security concerns. measures.
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- 2026-07-31 01:07 UTC Attacks on Russian drone industry leaders
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