OSCE to send mission to Ukraine to visit military sites in Crimea - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

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

"The visit's program includes visits to military sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the ministry said on Facebook.

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 said on Twitter that two U.S. military observers would also be among the OSCE observation mission members in Crimea.