A pair of hands hold a screen with a thermal image of a field filled with white dots, some of which are Russian landmines
A still of a CNN video showing a thermal imaging captured by Ukraine, where some of the white dots show Russian landmines.
  • Ukraine is using thermal imaging and drones to find mines left by Russian forces.
  • Ukraine's counteroffensive is being hindered by dense Russian minefields.
  • Ukrainian soldiers showed CNN their anti-mine strategy from the trenches on the front line.

Ukraine is using thermal imaging to try to locate mines that Russian forces have placed to slow, injure, and kill its troops.