Dmitry Zlatarev. The U.S. administration is alarmed by the increasing number of attacks in the East of Ukraine, said on the first day of the week the official authorized state Department, John Kirby. "We are deeply alarmed by the sharp increase in the number of attacks in the East of Ukraine," he said. According to his statement, " the most it concerns the use of heavy artillery in an attack on government-controlled territory of the village Starognatovk ". according to Kirby, " in the past 3 days 3 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 35 were injured "." Ukrainians today announced 127 attacks of the separatists, most of which occurred after hostilities in the area of Debaltsevo in February this year, " he said. Ukrainian Military claim that last night the Militia as if fired artillery and mortar fire in the area of Stroganovka to the South of Donetsk. The military also revealed that during the fight captured key heights in the area. Militia called this message "information spreading" in order to blame them for the breakdown of the Minsk agreements. The Ministry of defence DND also said that the Military themselves are in conflict, because " Starognatovk placed under their control, it turns out that they had occupied the heights, and who themselves are in control ". 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, 8 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.