A key developer of electronic warfare systems has been eliminated in Russia.

The head of the design bureau 'Bryansk Electromechanical Plant' and one of the developers of the Russian electronic warfare system 'Krasukha' - Yevgeny Rytnikov has died in Russia. The tragedy occurred near the border between Russia and Ukraine.

According to media reports, Rytnikov was killed along with his colleague by a homemade explosive device that detonated as they were getting into the car.

It is worth noting that this is not the first case of the death of Russian military and defense experts in recent times.

Just yesterday, April 25, an explosion occurred in a car near a residential building in the Moscow region town of Balashikha, resulting in the death of the deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Yaroslav Moskalyk.