🔗 Share this article Tracking a Venezuelan-affiliated Vessel Reportedly Pursued by American Maritime Authorities Emma Pengelly Image source The distinctive yellow-fronted apartment block visible behind assisted us verify the footage. We are analyzing images and video shared earlier today that depict the scene of a alleged vehicle-borne explosive blast that Russian officials say fatally injured a high-ranking military officer in Moscow. Russian authorities confirmed that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that detonated and that he later died of his injuries. An investigation is currently ongoing. The initial step to verify the site of where the pictures were from relied on posts indicating the blast occurred on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the capital city of Russia. Our analysis employed street-view imagery on Google Maps and the local mapping service Yandex Maps to corroborate the unique yellow hue of a nearby residential complex captured in the footage. Identifying other buildings, lamp-posts and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken. Additionally, we verified that the video clips were recent and that the images had not been manipulated.