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INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR MICHAEL
HOLMES, WHO IS IN CRIMEA.
AND MICHAEL, TELL ME MORE ABOUT
THIS OFFICER WHO'S BEEN KILLED.
>> Reporter: FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS, BROOKE, THERE HAS BEEN
VARIOUS DEGREES OF BLOCKADING OF
UKRAINIAN MILITARY BASES IN
CRIMEA.
IT'S GENERALLY BEEN UNEVENTFUL.
BUT THAT CHANGED A FEW HOURS
AGO.
WHAT YOU CAN CALL A FAIRLY
INCONSEQUENCIAL BASE.
THERE IS A BASE THAT DEALS WITH
THINGS LIKE TOPOGRAPHY.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOME MASKED
AND ARMED MEN RAIDED THAT BASE,
WENT ON TO THE BASE AND SOMEHOW
SHOOTING ERUPTED.
IT WAS A WARRANT OFFICER KILLED.
ALSO A CAPTAIN WAS WOUNDED.
IT RESULTED IN THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT CALLING IT A WAR
CRIME AND BLAMING RUSSIA FOR THE
DEATH.
WE WERE OUT THERE AND WE DID SEE
A HEAVILY ARMED MAN GETTING
ONBOARD A MILITARY TRUCK.
THEY WERE DRESSED IN WHAT
APPEARED TO BE RUSSIAN UNIFORMS.
THEY WERE WELL-ARMED.
THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT ALSO AS
A RESULT OF THIS HAS AUTHORIZED
ITS TROOPS ON BASES IN CRIMEA TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES WITH FORCE IF
NEED BE.
VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR
THESE SOLDIERS ON THESE BASES.
THEY ARE UKRAINIAN, SUDDENLY