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A uniquely yellow-colored residential building in the background assisted us locate the video.
Our team is verifying images and video shared earlier today that show the aftermath of a reported car bomb explosion that Russian officials say fatally injured a senior military officer in Moscow.
Russian authorities stated that Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that detonated and that he later died to his wounds. An investigation is currently ongoing.
Our starting point to check the location from which the images originated relied on posts indicating the explosion happened on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the Russian capital.
Our analysis employed street-view imagery on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex to match the distinctive yellow colour of a nearby apartment building captured in the video.
Locating additional structures, streetlights and the road configuration verified the exact location the footage were captured.
We also checked that the videos were recent and that the images had not been digital alteration.
