Locating the Venezuela-linked Oil Tanker Reportedly Pursued by American Maritime Authorities
Kumar Malhotra
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A uniquely yellow-colored apartment block in the background assisted us locate the footage.
Our team is checking images and video circulated this morning that purport to show the scene of a alleged car bomb explosion that authorities in Russia say fatally injured a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was inside the vehicle that detonated and that he succumbed to his injuries. A probe is currently ongoing.
Our starting point to verify the location from which the pictures originated relied on social media reports saying the blast happened on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern part of the Russian capital.
Our analysis employed panoramic mapping services on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex to match the distinctive yellow hue of a adjacent apartment building captured in the video.
Locating other buildings, streetlights and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken.
We also checked that the video clips were recent and that the visuals had not been manipulated.
