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

This past week the US president indicated he and the Russian president would conduct negotiations in Budapest soon to address the Ukraine conflict.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for this week - but the administration said the two had had a "positive" discussion and that a face-to-face session was no longer "necessary".

The White House declined to provide further information on why the talks had been delayed.

Previous Developments

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting over the phone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources claimed his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with insiders claiming the president had urged him to cede large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump endorsed a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Ukraine and European leaders to pause the war on the present positions.

"Let it be cut the way it is," he stated.

Russia has consistently objected against halting the current line of contact.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister said on this week, indicating that freezing the front line would only amount to a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of comprehensive conditions that include the acceptance of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of the country – a non-starter for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president said conversations concerning the battle positions were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to avoid diplomacy.

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

Weapons Discussions

Putin's spontaneous discussion with Trump recently preceded speculation that the US was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The talk about the weapons systems had emerged as a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he remarked.