Exercises involving the U.S. military in the West of Ukraine have no relation to the Minsk process, they are a continuation of the long-initiated military cooperation pairs of countries, said U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Jeffrey Payette in the conversation "Our military trainers are today on Jaworowski polygon for open And clear the invitation of the Ukrainian side. And the head of Poroshenko very clearly explained why the Teachings are irrelevant to the Minsk process, and occur on a clear And open invitation of the Ukrainian side. We worked together with our Ukrainian partners on Jaworowski polygon for many years, And today's training program on Jaworowski polygon is precisely in this context ", - said the Ambassador. April 20, in the Lviv region was opened Ukrainian-American command post Exercise (involving troops) " Fearles the guardian - 2015 ". U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt reported that in order to participate in military exercises on Ukraine arrived about 300 U.S. Marines. First of Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren reported that in the training of three battalions of the national guard will be part of about 290 soldiers of the 173rd airborne brigade of the United States, which is based in the Italian city of Vicenza. The U.S. military is prepared Ukrainian colleagues to the conduct of hostilities. For example, this applies to the defense, the actions of the branches. 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 settlement of the situation in the Donbas is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may. 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. One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk And Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read