Locating the Venezuelan-affiliated Tanker 'Pursued' by American Maritime Authorities
Yi Ma
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The distinctive yellow-colored apartment block visible behind assisted us verify the footage.
We are checking video footage and photographs shared this morning that depict the aftermath of a alleged car bomb blast that Russian officials state killed a senior soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities confirmed that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the vehicle that detonated and that he succumbed to his injuries. A probe is currently ongoing.
The initial step to check the location of where the pictures originated relied on posts saying the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern part of the capital city of Russia.
Our analysis employed panoramic mapping services on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex to match the distinctive yellow hue of a adjacent residential complex seen in the footage.
Locating other buildings, streetlights and the street layout confirmed where the footage were captured.
Additionally, we verified that the video clips were new and that the images had not been digital alteration.
