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Currently exist "no plans" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russian President Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president said he and the Russian president would hold talks in Hungary's capital soon to examine the war in Ukraine.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" discussion and that a meeting was not "required".

The administration withheld any more details on the reason the negotiations had been postponed.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with Putin, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with those familiar indicating the president had urged him to cede significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president embraced a ceasefire proposal backed by Ukraine and EU officials to halt the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

"Freeze the lines the way it is," he remarked.

Russia has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was solely focused on "enduring stability", Lavrov commented on this week, indicating that pausing conflict would only amount to a short-term truce.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the war required resolution, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of comprehensive conditions that include the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Ukraine and its Western allies.

Zelensky stated conversations concerning the front line were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday preceded speculation that the US was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to enter into dialogue. The talk about the weapons systems had proven to be a "strong investment" in diplomacy", he remarked.