Dmitry Zlatarev. U.S. must prepare military assistance, but until not send it, but only to warn the Russian Federation about this possibility, said on the first day of the week, former Supreme allied commander of NATO in the European Union American General Wesley Clark. "We must prepare assistance, including military, to place it to send, and thus to say (Russian President Vladimir) Putin: if you start the attack on the Ukraine, We will immediately send assistance in Kiev," said Clark, a speech in Washington-based Atlantic Council. The General also made remarkable clause. First, he stated that " it is already organized ", but then recovered, adding that she " approved by the US Congress. Clark told that visited Ukraine is literally not so long ago. From his speech it follows that the Russian Federation concerning Ukraine only takes aggressive steps, whereas the Ukrainian government is absolutely right. The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation Against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, Under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE. The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of a " silence ". Against Russia, the West has imposed a series of sanctions, because the Ukrainian Authorities, as well as the United States and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia denies it and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and not privy to the events in the Southeast, is interested in Ukraine to overcome the political and economic crisis. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.