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Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has declared.

Last Thursday the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital soon to address the ongoing hostilities.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was planned for recently - but the White House stated the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was no longer "necessary".

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

Earlier Events

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources indicated his meeting with Zelensky had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders suggesting the president had urged him to relinquish extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Yet, on this week the American president supported a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the war on the current front line.

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

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

Moscow was only interested in "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, indicating that freezing the front line would merely represent a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the war required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of comprehensive conditions that include the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its European partners.

Zelensky stated talks regarding the current lines were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday occurred before speculation that the US was preparing to send distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could theoretically target Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the missiles had emerged as a "valuable contribution" in negotiations", he remarked.