A second Russian drone developer was targeted within a week. Here's what we know about the car bombing that wounded Vladimir Tkachuk and killed his driver.

WIRE — Vladimir Tkachuk, CEO of Uraldronzavod, which manufactures the Upyr FPV drone, was targeted in an assassination attempt on the evening of August 4 in Bolshoy Istok, a village in the Sverdlovsk region about 25 kilometers (about 16 miles) from Yekaterinburg. Tkachuk also created the Z channel "Povernutye na voine" ("Obsessed with War"), which has more than 660,000 subscribers. According to reporting by the Russian business daily Kommersant, the businessman was injured when his Mercedes exploded and is in extremely critical condition. His driver was killed.

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