đŸ”— Share this article Locating a Venezuelan-affiliated Tanker 'Pursued' by the US Coast Guard Yi Ma Image source A uniquely yellow-fronted residential building in the background assisted us verify the footage. We are checking video footage and photographs circulated earlier today that show the aftermath of a reported vehicle-borne explosive explosion that Russian officials state fatally injured a high-ranking military officer in Moscow. Officials in Russia stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was in the vehicle that detonated and that he later died of his injuries. A probe is under way. Our starting point to check the location of where the images were from was based on posts indicating the explosion occurred on Yasenevaya Street in the southern part of the capital city of Russia. We used panoramic mapping services on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex to match the distinctive yellow hue of a adjacent apartment building captured in the footage. Identifying other structures, streetlights and the street layout confirmed where the pictures were captured. Additionally, we verified that the videos were recent and that the images had not been digital alteration.