Video shows Ukraine using thermal imaging drones to try to locate mines left by Russia to kill and maim its soldiers

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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.

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An area of Ukraine approximately the size of Florida is now riddled with land mines, which could take hundreds of years to reverse: report

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Mines in Ukraine
A Ukrainian deminer carries unexploded material during demining work at an airport in Hostomel, Ukraine.

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Russia built fake trenches along the front lines to lure Ukrainian soldiers into deadly explosive traps, researchers found

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A Ukrainian paratrooper takes shelter in a trench from a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher attack on July 5,2022 in Seversk, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian paratrooper takes shelter in a trench from a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher attack on July 5,2022 in Seversk, Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian farmer stripped pieces off wrecked Russian tanks to make an armored, remote-controlled, mine-sweeping tractor

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Remote controlled demining machine made of tractor and armoured plates from destroyed Russian military vehicles is seen in a field near the village of Hrakove.
The remote-controlled de-mining machine proudly displays painted Ukrainian flags.

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Soldiers in Ukraine report using everything from nearby dead animals, fiberglass rods, and ropes and hooks to identify and detonate Russian land mines

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A member of mine clearance teams from Kharkiv examines a mine in Izyum, Ukraine on November 02, 2022.
A member of a mine clearance team examines a mine in Izyum, Ukraine on Nov. 2.

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