Locating the Venezuela-linked Oil Tanker 'Pursued' by American Maritime Authorities
Kumar Malhotra
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A uniquely yellow-fronted residential building visible behind assisted us verify the footage.
Our team is analyzing video footage and photographs circulated earlier today that purport to show the aftermath of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive explosion that authorities in Russia state fatally injured a senior soldier in Moscow.
Officials in Russia stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the vehicle that exploded and that he later died to his injuries. A probe is currently ongoing.
Our starting point to verify the site of where the pictures were from was based on posts indicating the explosion happened on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the Russian capital.
We used street-view imagery on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex to match the unique yellow colour of a adjacent apartment building captured in the video.
Locating additional structures, streetlights and the road configuration confirmed where the pictures were captured.
Additionally, we verified that the videos were new and that the visuals had not undergone manipulated.