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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President President Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has declared.

This past week Trump indicated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest in the coming fortnight to discuss the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion 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 "constructive" discussion and that a meeting was not "required".

The administration did not share additional specifics on why the talks had been postponed.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts indicated his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with insiders indicating Trump had pressured him to relinquish large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a deal with Moscow.

However, on Monday the American president endorsed a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and European leaders to pause the hostilities on the present positions.

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

Russia has frequently resisted against halting the present battle positions.

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister stated on Tuesday, implying that pausing conflict would simply constitute a short-term truce.

Negotiating Stances

The "root causes" of the conflict needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of maximalist demands that encompass the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the battle positions were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the provision of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with the US leader recently occurred before reports that the United States was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could theoretically target Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to engage in discussion. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he remarked.