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Currently exist "no preparations" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russia's Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has declared.

Last Thursday the US president said he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest within two weeks to discuss the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "constructive" discussion and that a face-to-face session was no longer "needed".

The White House did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting via telephone with Putin, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Some reports indicated his meeting with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with insiders indicating the president had pushed him to give up significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president endorsed a peace initiative endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

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

Russia has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the current line of contact.

Moscow was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on Tuesday, indicating that pausing conflict would simply constitute a short-term truce.

Negotiating Stances

The "root causes" of the conflict demanded attention, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of extensive requirements that involve the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

Zelensky stated talks regarding the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to prevent dialogue.

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

Strategic Factors

Putin's spontaneous discussion with the US leader recently came ahead of rumors that the US was preparing to send extended-range cruise missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the weapons systems had emerged as a "significant input" in negotiations", he remarked.