🔗 Share this article Locating a Venezuela-linked Tanker Reportedly Pursued by the US Coast Guard Yi Ma Image source A uniquely yellow-colored residential building visible behind helped us verify the video. Our team is analyzing video footage and photographs shared earlier today that depict the aftermath of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive blast that Russian officials state killed a high-ranking soldier in Moscow. Russian authorities stated that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was inside the car that detonated and that he later died to his wounds. An investigation is under way. The initial step to verify the location from which the pictures originated relied on posts indicating the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern part of the capital city of Russia. Our analysis employed panoramic mapping services on digital map platforms and the local mapping service Yandex Maps to corroborate the distinctive yellow hue of a nearby apartment building seen in the video. Identifying other structures, lamp-posts and the road configuration verified where the footage were captured. Additionally, we verified that the video clips were recent and that the visuals had not been manipulated.