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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

Recently Trump stated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Hungary's capital within two weeks to address the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration clarified the two had had a "productive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "needed".

The administration did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been postponed.

Background Context

The US president had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Some reports suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with those familiar claiming the president had pushed him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on this week the American president supported a truce plan endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to pause the war on the existing battle lines.

"Let it be cut in its current state," he said.

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the existing front lines.

Moscow was only interested in "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, indicating that pausing conflict would merely represent a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the war needed to be addressed, Lavrov stated, using Moscow's terminology for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the demilitarisation of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president said talks regarding the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday came ahead of reports that the US was planning to provide extended-range cruise missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to engage in discussion. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in international relations", he added.