AKIPRESS.COM - A verification mission of the Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will visit Ukraine from March 5 to 12, Interfax-Ukraine reported referring to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

The program includes visits to military sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Crimea.

The mission includes representatives of Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Finland, Germany, France, Hungary and other OSCE members.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt added that two U.S. military observers would also be among the OSCE observation mission members in Crimea.