This week in the east of Ukraine - almost the most bloody in 2018: for several days five servicemen of the forces of the combined forces were killed, 23 soldiers were injured. This was announced at today's briefing by the State Department spokesman Heather Noirtt.

The State Duma speaker focused on the casualties among civilians, whose homes "flew" from the artillery of Russian invaders and collaborators, and the destruction of the infrastructure of the region, including the Donetsk filtering station.

At the same time, the US Administration is confident that all this can be "quickly stopped", if the will of the Kremlin.

"Russia claims that it protects the Russian-speaking population.

But our special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker has repeatedly said (and recently went to the Donbass - Ed.. ) that, as of now, there is no more dangerous place for the Russian-speaking population in the whole world than eastern Ukraine, "stressed Neuert.

As the representative of the agency noted, "while Russia supports violence in the Donbass, pushes money into the region, militants and resources, its own economy is in stagnation".

Source: LIGA.