A diplomatic path remains among priorities, Turchynov noted.
A spokesperson for MFA Ukraine noted that "scrapping" Minsk agreements is Russia continuously failing to fulfill its obligations.
The draft resolution was backed by only 37 MPs (with the necessary minimum of 226).
According to the U.S. envoy, Ukraine’s new law on reintegrating its conflict-torn regions has "regularized" the country's military operation against Russia-backed forces, but doesn't change anything on the ground.
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov have discussed the new legislation on special aspects of state policy to ensure Ukraine's state sovereignty in the temporarily occupied areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (the so-called Donbas reintegration bill).
Deputy Minister for the Occupied Territories and IDPs, former Head of the Luhansk Military Civil Administration George Tuka has said that under the new law on Donbas reintegration, Ukraine will recognize two types of documents issued by the occupation authorities in eastern Ukraine, namely birth and death certificates, that’s according to Ukrainian TV Channel 5.
Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Fiona Frazer says the draft law on Donbas lacks clarity as to the framework for the protection of human rights and freedoms.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said the Minsk agreements cannot be implemented as a real mechanism toward peace and conflict settlement in Donbas, according to 112 Ukraine TV channel.
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense has finalized the preparation of the draft law on Donbas reintegration for the second reading, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Ivan Vinnyk (BPP) has said the text of the draft law on Donbas reintegration prepared for the second reading has no amendment in it advising that Ukraine cut diplomatic relations with Russia, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported the bill on Donbas reintegration and the recognition of Russia as an aggressor state.
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy closed a parliament session on Thursday, October 5, which failed to vote on Donbas reintegration bills due to blocking of the parliament's presidium members, and announced a new session on Friday morning, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
A bill on the reintegration of the occupied territories of Ukraine, which politicians have been discussing for over a month, remained a cat in the box for a long time but many heads have already been busted over it. copies have already been broken around it. This week, scuffles surrounding this new legislation resumed with more vigor.
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, MP from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko Ivan Vinnyk says the law on the reintegration of Donbas will not introduce martial law, while the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) regime will be replaced with security measures to restore Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukrainian Member of Parliament, representative of the Ukrainian president in the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Lutsenko has said the bill on Donbas reintegration will be registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as early as this week, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The draft law on Donbas reintegration is almost ready for its submission to parliament, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostyantyn Yeliseiev said in an interview with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service.
Ukrainian Member of Parliament, representative of the Ukrainian president in the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Lutsenko does not rule out that the clause regulating the introduction of a United Nations peacekeeping mission may be included in the bill on the reintegration of Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The Kremlin is ready to resort to new tactics to make Ukraine fulfill the political provisions of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas, according to a Ukrainian expert.
Members of the Croatian government's working group for cooperation between Croatia and Ukraine presented the Croatian model of successful and peaceful reintegration of the Ukrainian territory during their two-day working visit to Kyiv, according to the Total Croatia News portal with reference to tportal.hr.
Representative of the Ukrainian president in the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Lutsenko, has told TV Channel 5 that the draft law on Donbas reintegration, in accordance with international norms, will determine that the Russian Federation is an aggressor state in relation to Ukraine.
A bill on Donbas reintegration, which was drafted by the National Security and Defense Council, headed by Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, recognizes the Russian occupation of the east of Ukraine and provides clear notions of occupied areas and lists illegal armed formations that control that territory.
Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko forecasts that the bill on Donbas reintegration, which should determine the ways to restore Ukraine's sovereignty in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, will not affect the Minsk peace talks.