A leading Russian missile scientist has been found dead in a Moscow park in an apparent 'assassination' carried out by Ukraine, reports claim.
A leading Russian missile scientist has been found dead in a Moscow park in an apparent 'assassination' carried out by Ukraine, reports claim. The body of Mikhail Shatsky was found in Kuzminsky forest park, at Kotelniki, eight miles southeast of the city centre.He was head of the software department at the Mars Design Bureau, actively working on upgrading cruise missiles used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Russian APN news agency reported: “As a result of the shooting in Kotelniki on December 11, Mikhail Shatsky, the head of the software department of the Mars Design Bureau, was killed."He was engaged in the modernisation of the X-59 cruise missiles and developed the latest types of UAVs . Ukrainian nationalists claimed responsibility for the murder.
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