Tracking the Venezuela-linked Vessel 'Pursued' by American Maritime Authorities
Yi Ma
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The distinctive yellow-colored apartment block in the background assisted us locate the footage.
Our team is analyzing images and video posted this morning that depict the aftermath of a reported vehicle-borne explosive explosion that Russian officials state killed a senior soldier in Moscow.
Officials in Russia confirmed that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that detonated and that he later died to his injuries. An investigation is currently ongoing.
The initial step to check the location from which the pictures were from relied on social media reports indicating the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Street in the southern district of the Russian capital.
We used street-view imagery on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex Maps to match the distinctive yellow hue of a nearby residential complex seen in the video.
Identifying other structures, lamp-posts and the road configuration verified where the footage were captured.
We also checked that the videos were recent and that the images had not been manipulated.
