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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 shared this morning that show the aftermath of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive blast that Russian officials say killed a senior soldier in Moscow.
Officials in Russia confirmed that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that exploded and that he later died to his wounds. A probe is under way.
The initial step to verify the site from which the pictures originated was based on social media reports saying the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Street in the southern district of the capital city of Russia.
We used panoramic mapping services on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex to corroborate the unique yellow colour of a nearby apartment building captured in the video.
Locating other buildings, streetlights and the street layout verified where the pictures were captured.
We also checked that the video clips were recent and that the images had not been digital alteration.
