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Russian EW system developer killed in car blast near Ukraine border — media

Nadia Boianivska
26 April, 2025 Saturday
14:34

In Russia, Yevgeny Rytnikov, director of the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant design bureau and one of the key developers of the Russian Krasukha electronic warfare system, has died

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The Russian Telegram channel Mash reports.

It is noted that he died on the night of April 17-18 near the Russian-Ukrainian border. 

According to media reports, Rytnikov and his colleagues were killed as a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device in his car.

The explosive went off when he and others were getting into the car.

  • In the town of Balashikha, Moscow region, a car explosion killed Yaroslav Moskalik, a general of the Russian Defense Ministry’s General Staff.

 

 

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