{
  "id": 206589,
  "title": "Russian drone factory boss badly injured in car blast that kills driver",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/russian-drone-factory-boss-badly-injured-in-car-blast-that-kills",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T04:14:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3363122/russian-drone-factory-boss-badly-injured-car-blast-kills-driver"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Explosive video captures drone strike on major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/explosive-video-captures-drone-strike-on-major-russian-oil-refinery",
        "published": "2026-08-06T06:10:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}