The events in Eastern Ukraine are troubling, the ceasefire incessantly disturbed, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier before flying to Paris to participate in the meeting of foreign Ministers " channel four ". "There is alarming news From the East of Ukraine. The agreed ceasefire violated every day, even more than a few weeks ago ", - quotes the words of German foreign Minister Steinmeier, reports RIA " Novosti ". According to Steinmeier, to overcome the fall in the East of Ukraine still does not close." All parties to the conflict are obliged to make efforts to ensure that military escalation has not reached the degree at which the situation will get out of observation - first militarily, then politically, " he said. He said that to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine will be helping the local elections, the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population and economic recovery." Stable agreement on the ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and free access for OSCE observers - that the decisive prerequisite for all further steps that are able to contribute to the political resolution of the conflict: local elections, providing humanitarian and economic recovery, " the Minister said. According to the Minister, the situation has already turned out a bit quiet and we must do Everything to ensure that these efforts were not in vain. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.