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The distinctive yellow-colored residential building in the background helped us verify the footage.

Our team is analyzing images and video shared this morning that purport to show the scene of a reported vehicle-borne explosive explosion that authorities in Russia say killed a high-ranking soldier in Moscow.

Russian authorities stated that Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was inside the car that exploded and that he later died to his wounds. A probe is currently ongoing.

The initial step to verify the site from which the pictures originated was based on posts saying the explosion happened on Yasenevaya Ulitsa in the southern district of the capital city of Russia.

We used street-view imagery on Google Maps and the Russian search engine Yandex to match the distinctive yellow hue of a nearby residential complex seen in the video.

Locating other buildings, lamp-posts and the road configuration confirmed the exact location the footage were taken.

Additionally, we verified that the videos were new and that the visuals had not been digital alteration.

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