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Yi Ma
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A uniquely yellow-colored apartment block visible behind assisted us locate the footage.
We are verifying video footage and photographs shared this morning that purport to show the aftermath of a alleged car bomb explosion that authorities in Russia say killed a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Officials in Russia confirmed that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that exploded and that he succumbed of his injuries. An investigation is currently ongoing.
Our starting point to verify the location of where the images originated was based on posts indicating the blast happened on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the capital city of Russia.
Our analysis employed street-view imagery on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex Maps to match the unique yellow colour of a adjacent residential complex seen in the footage.
Identifying additional buildings, streetlights and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken.
We also checked that the videos were recent and that the images had not been manipulated.
