Russian FPV drone developer reportedly wounded in Tula assassination attempt

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Andrey Cherezov, head of the Russian Laboratory of Air Transport, a Tula-based manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, was the target of an assassination attempt in the western Russian city of Tula, Russian Telegram channel Mash reported on July 29. The company develops Ovod first-person-view (FPV) drones used by Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, according to Mash. In May, Kyiv said Moscow planned to produce 7.3 million FPV drones and 7.8 million warheads for them in 2026. FPV drones came into widespread battlefield use in 2023 and have since transformed the war. Russian FPV drones frequently strike front-line cities and deliberately target civilians — a tactic that has become known as a "human safari."