Tracking the Venezuelan-affiliated Oil Tanker Reportedly Pursued by the US Coast Guard
Kumar Malhotra
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The distinctive yellow-colored apartment block visible behind assisted us verify the footage.
Our team is verifying images and video posted this morning that purport to show the scene of a alleged car bomb blast that authorities in Russia say fatally injured a senior soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the vehicle that detonated and that he later died to his injuries. An investigation is currently ongoing.
The initial step to check the location of where the pictures originated relied on social media reports saying the explosion occurred on Yasenevaya Street in the southern district of the capital city of Russia.
We used street-view imagery on digital map platforms and the local mapping service Yandex to corroborate the distinctive yellow colour of a adjacent apartment building captured in the video.
Identifying additional buildings, streetlights and the road configuration verified the exact location the pictures were taken.
Additionally, we verified that the videos were new and that the visuals had not been manipulated.
