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UN Security Council’s voting on the Ukrainian draft resolution regarding approval of the recently concluded Minsk agreements has been delayed, diplomatic sources said, TASS reported. 

According to the sources, the vote has been delayed due to amendments introduced in regard to the document.

Britain’s UN envoy Mark Lyall Grant said the diplomats were unable to vote on the resolution on Sunday night due to pending amendments to the document.

Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN Security Council Hussein Haniff said members of the global organization were waiting for the Russian side to voice its approval for the amendments before the voting could start.

A UN Security Council diplomat told TASS over the weekend that a draft resolution on the Ukrainian crisis settlement had been initiated by Russia.

"The document welcomes the results of the talks in Minsk and includes a call for the parties to be committed to implementing them," he said.