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A uniquely yellow-fronted apartment block visible behind assisted us locate the footage.
Our team is checking video footage and photographs circulated this morning that show the scene of a alleged car bomb blast that authorities in Russia say fatally injured a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that exploded and that he later died to his injuries. An investigation is currently ongoing.
The initial step to verify the location of where the pictures originated relied on posts indicating the explosion occurred on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern part of the Russian capital.
Our analysis employed panoramic mapping services on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex Maps to corroborate the unique yellow hue of a adjacent apartment building captured in the footage.
Locating additional structures, streetlights and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken.
We also checked that the videos were new and that the visuals had not undergone manipulated.
