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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has declared.

This past week the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Budapest within two weeks to examine the Ukraine conflict.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a meeting was not "required".

The White House withheld any more details on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Earlier Events

Trump had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with insiders suggesting Trump had urged him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on this week the American president endorsed a ceasefire proposal supported by Ukraine and EU officials to freeze the conflict on the present positions.

"Freeze the lines in its current state," he stated.

Moscow has frequently resisted against halting the current line of contact.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "enduring stability", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, implying that freezing the front line would simply constitute a short-term truce.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of extensive requirements that encompass the acceptance of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the current lines were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

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

Military Considerations

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday occurred before rumors that the US was preparing to send distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

Zelensky said it was the Tomahawks issue that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had turned out to be a "significant input" in international relations", he commented.