Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema and Acting Defense Minister Ihor Teniukh to urgently fly to Crimea to prevent an escalation of the conflict, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak has said.

"Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk at a government meeting instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Yarema and Teniukh to urgently fly to Crimea to resolve the situation and prevent it from turning into a military conflict," he told reporters on Tuesday.

He said that the government officials had already left for Crimea.

Semerak said that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine planned to form a wider group to resolve the conflict.