Ukraine Crisis: Europe's Security Body To Send Monitors

International monitors will be sent to Ukraine , after Russian diplomats dropped theeeir objections

European security organisation , the OSCE , will send advance teams within 24 hours to areas including the violence hit   South-Eastern areas

But the 100 strong monitoring team is not expected to goo to Crimea , which was taken over by Russia last month

Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a law formalising Crimea's annexation on Friday , despite EU and U.S, sanctions

The 57 member Organisation for Security and Co Operation in Europe reached a deal on Friday evening

The Vienna based group said that initially 100 civilian observers would deploy for six months in nine regions of Ukraine , up to 400 extra personnel could be deployed if necessary 

The areas the monitors are due to visit include ,Odessa ,Donetsk ,Dnepropetrovsk , and Luhansk , which have been recently rcked by clashes between Pro Russian and Pro Ukrainian activists