Ukrainian President's Envoy for the Crimean Tatar people and MP from Petro Poroshenko Bloc Mustafa Jemilev has called unpromising military scenario of the return of Crimea under the control of Ukraine since military actions could lead to ethnic cleansing.

"We very much hope that the sanctions will be strengthened with regard to the occupier and it will force him to leave the occupied territories. Another way out – a military one - seems hopeless for us. This may entail ethnic cleansing. And if military actions unfold there, Crimea may become a desert peninsula," Jemilev said on the 112.Ukraine TV channel on Thursday.

He also noted that the human rights situation is getting worse in the occupied Crimea. An atmosphere of fear is prevailing on the peninsula, and many Crimean Tatars want to leave the territory. "We hardly restrain people from leaving Crimea, because it is a strategy of invaders to make Crimean Tatars leave Crimea. This applies not only to the Crimean Tatars, but also to the pro-Ukrainian-minded people," he said.

In his turn, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Refat Chubarov hopes that President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the anniversary of Crimea's annexation will initiate the creation of a working group of the Constitutional Commission to develop changes in the Constitution chapter of Ukraine on Crimea.

As reported, the Ukrainian authorities identified February 20, 2014 as the start date of Russia's temporary occupation of Crimea.