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Minister saying the country has the most mines and trap explosives in the world. and tonight we have exclusive access to the team finding those mines. nick paton walsh is out front on the front lines. reporter: the fires still smolder at dusk. moving to the front, ukraine s counteroffensive. a few hours ago, intense bombardment around this area. and now is sun is setting, as the occasional round being fired. most of it seems to be towards russian positions. we re here to learn of a new tactic that may help ukraine overcome one of the hardest obstacles here, mine fields. shell fire is a constant overhead. the drone unit used daylight to help direct artillery fire. ....
Tactic, learn u how to overwhelm minefields. shell fire is a constant overhead. the drone unit use daylight to help direct artillery fire. so they re using this to correct the next shell that s fired. reporter: and know they must keep hidden. there s still the basic problem that it s trench warfare and minefields. that by definition makes the going slow. as the sky darkens and the air cools here, an advantage has emerged. one of their drones is equipped with a thermal camera. they ve noticed out in the wide cratered fields where the ....
I should point out children now repeatedly the people we re talking about in terms of ukrainian civilian lives being lost. startling that someone so young could be killed by something so indiscriminate as ar till rye fire. you also mentioned kupiansk, closer to the russian border, there over the past days we ve seen a mandatory evacuation order for children because of the intensity of russian shell fire, again, against that particular city, liberated like kherson was as long, still repeatedly hit at one point in one day by over 500 shells, say ukrainian officials. at the same time, yes, russia itself suggesting their regions are being attacked by unmanned artillery vehicles fired by ukraine, but also intercepted, too. they ve also just yesterday were dealing with what they say was a ....
Makes the troubling point that despite the increasing number of wildfires, fire prevention was given, quote, short shift in the department of fire and safety. the plan also included, quote, nothing about what can and should be done to prevent fires, which is called a significant oversight. given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their fire prevention actions that they are taking at the statewide level. reporter: the fires come as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years contributing to warnings like this in a webinar from the hawaii wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with the most fire-prone states in the western u.s. the impacts of fire are broad and long lasting. reporter: now residents are ....