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Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has declared.

This past week the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Hungary's capital soon to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a meeting was not "required".

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

Previous Developments

Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with sources suggesting Trump had pressured him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week Trump endorsed a peace initiative backed by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the war on the present positions.

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

Moscow has frequently resisted against halting the present battle positions.

The Russian government was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, indicating that freezing the front line would only amount to a short-term truce.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the hostilities required resolution, Lavrov said, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of extensive requirements that involve the recognition of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its Western allies.

Zelensky said discussions about the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could make Moscow "take notice" was that of the delivery of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Strategic Factors

The Russian president's unscheduled call with the US leader recently preceded rumors that the US was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had turned out to be a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he remarked.