Ukraine on Wednesday initiated a discussion at the United Nations Security Council about a recent statement made by President Vladimir Putin on eastern Ukraine?€™s Donbass region, the country?€™s Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
The press release didn?€™t specify which of the president's statements was put on the Security Council's agenda.
Putin's most recent comment on the region was at the All-Russia People's Front forum in the southern Russian city of Stavropol on Jan. 25, when he called the transfer of Donbass to Ukraine during the Soviet era ?€?nonsense,?€? according to the RBC website.
Ukraine's Ambassador to the UN Volodymyr Yelchenko said it was unacceptable that the Russian authorities were trying to ?€?rewrite history, publicly questioning the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Ukraine,?€? according to a statement published Wednesday.
Ukraine also demanded that Russia ?€?stop the hostile rhetoric and aggressive actions against the Ukrainian people?€? and called all signatory countries of the Budapest Memorandum, including Russia, to urgently hold consultations on claims questioning the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, the statement said.