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Founder of Bellingcat. Working on podcasts, books, and other surprises.

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Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins

Second image (right) of Tor anti-aircraft missile debris, supposedly from near the #PS752 crash site. Still unverified, and still going to be very hard to geolocate it based on what's visible in the image. h/t @Liberalist_30pic.twitter.com/TQNRp6hopj

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    2. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 56m56 minutes ago

      These photos are incredibly frustrating, they're potential extremely significant, but next to impossible to verify their location because the angle of the camera is too high to catch the details needed in the background (like buildings) we'd need to geolocate it.

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    3. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 55m55 minutes ago

      Even if there was Streetview imagery of the area it's claimed to be taken in we'd still be look to match things like the wear on the curb-stones, which requires good quality reference imagery.

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    2. Lorenzo Romani‏ @lorenzoromani 51m51 minutes ago
      Replying to @EliotHiggins @Liberalist_30

      But there are many pictures around the zone where those bricks match, for example in Parand (I tweeted a few locations)

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    3. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 48m48 minutes ago
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      Yeah, it's certainly consistent to the area, which tips the scales in its favour, but it's impossible to say if it's unique, which adds to the frustration.

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    2. Sasha‏ @5asna 31m31 minutes ago
      Replying to @EliotHiggins @ELINTNews @Liberalist_30

      I don't know if checking the vegetation helps but I guess that's purslane (Persian: khorfé). Some say the concrete irrigation barriers looks like in Ukraine or Russia (pic 2) but according to purslane's distribution there's no purslane there.pic.twitter.com/63jtP79yx6

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    3. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 22m22 minutes ago
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      There's lots of similar looking areas near the crash site, so it's consistent with the area, but not unique to it.

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    2. Gavin Sheridan‏Verified account @gavinsblog 1h1 hour ago
      Replying to @EliotHiggins @Liberalist_30

      I feel your pain

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    3. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 58m58 minutes ago
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      Can't people just kneel?

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    2. MrMojoRising‏ @mojorise 55m55 minutes ago
      Replying to @EliotHiggins @Liberalist_30

      Serious question - does it not seem a bit small?? I'm not sure of the diameter of a Tor missile but that looks no more than maybe 20cms?

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    3. Eliot Higgins‏Verified account @EliotHiggins 54m54 minutes ago
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      They're 235mm wide, so it's the right size.

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