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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to address the Ukraine conflict.

A initial discussion between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "constructive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "necessary".

The administration withheld any more details on why the talks had been postponed.

Previous Developments

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with insiders suggesting the president had pushed him to relinquish large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Russia.

Yet, on this week the American president endorsed a truce plan endorsed by Ukraine and European leaders to pause the conflict on the current front line.

"Leave it as is in its current state," he said.

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the present battle positions.

Moscow was only interested in "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, indicating that halting hostilities 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 set of extensive requirements that include the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the battle positions were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He further commented the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the delivery of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader recently came ahead of speculation that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to engage in discussion. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "strong investment" in negotiations", he commented.