Russians Targeting Kids' Beds, Rooms With Explosives: Ukrainian Bomb Team

The leader of a Ukrainian bomb squad has said that Russian forces are targeting children by placing explosive devices inside their rooms and under their beds.

Artur Silchenko, who leads a Ukrainian team dedicated to defusing anti-personnel mines, told ABC News Australia that his team discovered explosive "booby traps" strategically left by the Russian military in areas where children could be expected to sleep.

Silchenko's remarks are not the first time that the Russian military has been accused of directly targeting children with explosives amid the ongoing war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in early April that the Russian military was leaving behind dangerous explosive booby traps as they withdrew forces from areas in northern Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.

"What did these children and the dormitory threaten the Russian state with?" Zelensky said