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Currently exist "no preparations" for American leader President Trump to confer with Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has declared.

Last Thursday the US president indicated he and the Russian president would conduct negotiations in Hungary's capital within two weeks to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "required".

The White House declined to provide any more details on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Background Context

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with the Russian leader, a day before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources indicated his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with those familiar claiming the president had pressured him to relinquish large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Moscow.

Yet, on Monday Trump embraced a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the conflict on the present positions.

"Let it be cut where it stands," he stated.

Russia has frequently resisted against freezing the existing front lines.

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister commented on Tuesday, suggesting that halting hostilities would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a set of comprehensive conditions that involve the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president stated talks regarding the front line were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "take notice" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with Trump recently preceded reports that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The talk about the missiles had turned out to be a "significant input" in negotiations", he commented.