Maria Tobacco. The head of the U.S. Department of defense Ashton Carter believes it is highly likely beginning in the summer of this year of active hostilities against Russia and militias in Eastern Ukraine. "We look at Russia's actions, the actions of the separatists. This is a serious opportunity and serious risk, " said Carter in conversation British, responding to a request to comment on circulating in many media unverified information about a possible all-out war in Eastern Ukraine. 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, 4 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass 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. Ukrainian Authorities and Western countries have repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.