Ukraine news LATEST: Angry Vladimir Putin loses 100th colonel as his Russian army sees 50,000 dead since invasion

A CRIMEAN military base has been hit by an explosion leaving one dead and several injured as Russian media blame “saboteurs”. A huge mushroom cloud was see rising as tourists fled from a nearby beach following the “deafening” explosions. Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the Russian RT news channel, tweeted on Tuesday that the explosions were not caused by a Ukrainian airstrike but by sabotage. Margarita Tweeted: “On the spot, they believe that it is not arrivals, but sabotage.” However these claims have been disputed as Ukraine has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack. One of Kyiv’s military official told the New York Times that the nation’s armed forces launched the attack. A dozen explosions were heard of varying intensity and huge columns of smoke were seen on the clip. One local said: “It slammed so loudly that we were deafened.” Read our Ukraine-Russia blog below for the latest updates…