The United States continues to believe that Ukraine fulfills its obligations under the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the situation in the East of the country, and to announce its support for the government in Kiev. "The leaders of Ukraine continue to perform its obligations under the Minsk agreements in Accordance with the wishes of the people on the Maidan in carrying out the most ambitious reforms since Ukrainian independence," - said at a press conference official authorized state Department Jeff the Mini. before the state Department traditionally has urged both sides in the conflict to the execution of agreements, emphasizing, because it is required to do " Russia and the separatists ". Ratke recalled that the assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland is hosted in Kiev, where he met with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. "We reaffirmed our full and unwavering U.S. support of the Ukrainian government, sovereignty and territorial integrity. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine and reaffirm their commitment to a unified Ukrainian nation, including Crimea and other regions of the country, " said Ratke. However, he clarified the statement by Secretary of state John Kerry, in which he at the meeting of Ministers of countries - members of NATO in Turkey stated that " Russia and the separatists it is a critical time for compliance with commitments under 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, 2 thousand people. first 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 is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. 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 last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.