Following the Venezuelan-affiliated Tanker Reportedly Pursued by American Maritime Authorities
Kumar Malhotra
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A uniquely yellow-colored residential building in the background helped us verify the footage.
Our team is analyzing images and video circulated earlier today that show the scene of a reported car bomb blast that Russian officials state fatally injured a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities confirmed that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the car that detonated and that he succumbed of his wounds. An investigation is currently ongoing.
Our starting point to check the site from which the pictures originated was based on social media reports indicating the explosion occurred on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern part of the Russian capital.
Our analysis employed street-view imagery on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex to match the unique yellow colour of a nearby residential complex seen in the video.
Locating other structures, streetlights and the road configuration verified where the footage were taken.
Additionally, we verified that the video clips were new and that the images had not been manipulated.
