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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has announced.

Recently the US president stated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest within two weeks to examine the war in Ukraine.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was planned for this week - but the administration stated the two had had a "productive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was no longer "required".

The administration did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Earlier Events

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a day before meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with sources claiming the president had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Russia.

However, on Monday Trump embraced a peace initiative endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the war on the current front line.

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

Moscow has frequently resisted against halting the existing front lines.

The Russian government was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister commented on Tuesday, indicating that pausing conflict would only amount to a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of maximalist demands that include the recognition of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president stated talks regarding the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the only topic that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the provision of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's unscheduled call with the US leader recently came ahead of reports that the US was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could possibly hit Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the Tomahawks issue that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The talk about the weapons systems had turned out to be a "strong investment" in diplomacy", he added.