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Yi Ma
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The distinctive yellow-colored residential building in the background helped us verify the video.
We are verifying images and video circulated earlier today that depict the scene of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive explosion that Russian officials say killed a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that detonated and that he succumbed to his injuries. A probe is under way.
The initial step to verify the location of where the pictures originated was based on social media reports indicating the explosion happened on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern district of the Russian capital.
We used panoramic mapping services on digital map platforms and the local mapping service Yandex to corroborate the distinctive yellow colour of a nearby residential complex captured in the video.
Locating other buildings, streetlights and the street layout verified where the pictures were taken.
We also checked that the video clips were new and that the images had not undergone manipulated.
