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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia Tuesday attributed loud blasts at a key military airbase on the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula to exploding ammunitions, downplaying the possibility that the site was hit by Ukrainian fire. Dramatic amateur footage shared on social media appeared to show panicked holidaymakers fleeing a Crimean beach with young children, as ballooning clouds of grey smoke rose over the horizon. The blasts rocked the Saki airfield on the 167th day of Moscow’s invasion. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and has used the region as a staging ground for its attacks on Ukra…