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Kumar Malhotra
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A uniquely yellow-fronted residential building visible behind helped us locate the footage.
We are verifying video footage and photographs shared this morning that depict the aftermath of a reported vehicle-borne explosive blast that Russian officials say fatally injured a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the car that detonated and that he later died to his wounds. A probe is currently ongoing.
The initial step to verify the location from which the images were from was based on posts saying the blast happened on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the capital city of Russia.
We used street-view imagery on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex Maps to corroborate the unique yellow colour of a adjacent residential complex captured in the footage.
Identifying other structures, streetlights and the street layout confirmed where the footage were captured.
Additionally, we verified that the videos were new and that the visuals had not undergone digital alteration.
