BALDWIN: Ukraine is experiencing its first death since Russian troops began occupying the disputed region of Crimea. Ukraine's defense ministry says one of its officers has been killed. Another is in the hospital after an incident near a military base in Simferopol. The killing is on the very same day that Russia's president declared Crimea part of the Russian federation. Let's go straight there to CNN's international anchor, Michael Holmes, who is in Crimea. And Michael, tell me more about this officer who's been killed.</s>MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: 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 inconsequential base. This is a base that deals with things like topography and the like. It's not one that's brimming with military hardware. Now what happened was some masked and armed men raided that base, went on to the base and somehow shooting erupted. It is the first death of a Ukrainian soldier since this Crimean leadership took power a couple of weeks ago. It is 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. Now, 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, on Ukrainian bases, all of a sudden finding themselves in potentially a foreign country. So, it's an issue that needs to be resolved, and it's a very dangerous and dangerous situation -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: Michael Holmes in Simferopol, Michael, thank you.
Official: Ukrainian Officer Killed In Crimea