Ukrainian Foreign Ministry considers that the visit of a group of Polish children to annexed Crimea is a provocation of Russia, Spokesman for the Ministry Maryana Betsa has said.

"The Foreign Ministry is alarmed with the visit of a group of Polish children to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. We condemn Russia's usage of Polish children to create political provocation," Betsa said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

According to her, the visit was organized by "Russian-Polish Center for Dialogue and Consolidation" NGO without the agreement of Ukraine.

She said that Ukrainian embassy in Poland had sent a note to Polish Foreign Ministry.