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There are "no preparations" for US President President Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to examine the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for this week - but the administration said the two had had a "positive" discussion and that a face-to-face session was no longer "necessary".

The administration withheld any more details on why the talks had been postponed.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a day before hosting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with insiders suggesting Trump had urged him to give up significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on this week Trump endorsed a truce plan endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the conflict on the existing battle lines.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he said.

Moscow has frequently resisted against halting the existing front lines.

Moscow was only interested in "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on Tuesday, suggesting that freezing the front line would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the conflict needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of comprehensive conditions that encompass the recognition of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president said discussions about the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday preceded reports that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit deep into Russia.

Zelensky stated it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The discussion regarding the missiles had emerged as a "valuable contribution" in international relations", he added.