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Yi Ma
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The distinctive yellow-colored residential building in the background assisted us verify the video.
We are verifying video footage and photographs posted this morning that show the aftermath of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive explosion that authorities in Russia say fatally injured a senior soldier in Moscow.
Officials in Russia stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the car that detonated and that he later died to his wounds. An investigation is under way.
Our starting point to check the location from which the pictures originated was based on social media reports saying the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern district of the Russian capital.
We used panoramic mapping services on digital map platforms and the Russian search engine Yandex to match the unique yellow colour of a adjacent residential complex seen in the video.
Locating other buildings, streetlights and the road configuration verified where the pictures were captured.
We also checked that the video clips were recent and that the images had not been manipulated.
