U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, who goes to a meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the G7 in Germany, wants to discuss with partners the situation in Ukraine in light of the ongoing armed clashes. "We are concerned about (the situation in Ukraine). I know, because it will be one of the topics of discussion when the Secretary of state will go today to a meeting of the G7, like several other topics, " he said at a press conference official authorized state Department Marie Harf. She recalled that not so long ago the situation in Ukraine was discussed by the Ministers of foreign Affairs in the " channel format ", and said that North America welcomed this meeting as an important forum for continuing discussions." along with this Harf again accused Pro-Russian separatists in the conflict in Donbass, saying that they " continue to take aggressive action to violate the ceasefire and obstructing the execution of the Minsk agreements ". The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.