BBC Confirm Dwell: Verified pictures present Pink Sea ship sinking and aftermath of assault on Kyiv

[ad_1] What we all know in regards to the sinking of the Eternity C printed at 12:02 British Summer time Time 12:02 BST

Sherie Ryder BBC Confirm journalist

Now we have been authenticating a video launched by Houthi-controlled media of an assault by its fighters on the Eternity C, a Greek-operated cargo ship on Monday within the Pink Sea off Yemen, which led to it sinking on Tuesday.

Taking into account this was shared on a identified Houthi propaganda channel, we had been unable to confirm the radio communications audio heard. Nonetheless, the photographs from the footage may be authenticated.

We might see that the ship featured within the clip matches photos we’ve seen of the Eternity C on the Vessel Finder , external web site from 2020.

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The harm to the starboard quarter matches pictures we’ve seen on the vessel-tracking supplier, Lloyd’s Listing.

We additionally carried out an extra examine utilizing Synth ID which discovered no proof that the footage had been manipulated or generated utilizing synthetic intelligence.