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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president indicated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Budapest soon to address the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House said the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was not "needed".

The White House withheld additional specifics on why the talks had been delayed.

Earlier Events

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Some reports indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with insiders indicating Trump had pushed him to relinquish significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow.

However, on this week Trump supported a ceasefire proposal supported by Ukraine and European leaders to freeze the hostilities on the present positions.

"Let it be cut the way it is," he stated.

Russia has frequently resisted against freezing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, suggesting that pausing conflict would simply constitute a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "root causes" of the conflict needed to be addressed, Lavrov said, using Russian diplomatic language for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the battle positions were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He also said the only topic that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the provision of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with the US leader last Thursday occurred before rumors that the United States was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could possibly hit deep into Russia.

Zelensky stated it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The talk about the missiles had emerged as a "significant input" in negotiations", he added.