The organization of local elections in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions cannot be considered in technical terms, and no deadlines can be set in this context, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy said.

"This issue requires a very deep and philosophical discussion. We are ready to start this discussion at the parliament, and we are willing to discuss any options of developments, but I believe it is inappropriate when someone sets some deadlines to us, makes some demands, and turns the election issue into some technical forms," Parubiy said on Channel 5 television on Friday.

"We should talk about elections only when we can ensure security and relevant rights and freedoms," Parubiy said. "I wouldn't like the issue of elections to be put into some technical framework or a timeframe, especially when our soldiers are attacked on the eastern front and when someone is killed or injured on the eastern front every day," Parubiy said.

The political subgroups of the Trilateral Contact Group for settling the crisis in Donbas "are developing certain recommendations" for a bill on such elections, Parubiy said. "But there is no such a bill in the Verkhovna Rada database yet," he said.