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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has announced.

Last Thursday Trump indicated he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to examine the war in Ukraine.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was no longer "needed".

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

Earlier Events

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting via telephone with Putin, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Some reports claimed his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with insiders claiming Trump had pushed him to relinquish significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Moscow.

However, on this week the American president endorsed a truce plan backed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the conflict on the existing battle lines.

"Leave it as is where it stands," he remarked.

Russia has consistently objected against pausing the existing front lines.

Moscow was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister commented on this week, indicating that freezing the front line would merely represent a short-term truce.

Diplomatic Positions

The "fundamental issues" of the hostilities demanded attention, Lavrov stated, using Moscow's terminology for a series of maximalist demands that encompass the acceptance of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president stated conversations concerning the current lines were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could cause Russia to "take notice" was that of the provision of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Strategic Factors

Putin's spontaneous discussion with the US leader last Thursday occurred before speculation that the US was considering delivering extended-range cruise missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the Tomahawks issue that had compelled Moscow to enter into dialogue. The talk about the missiles had emerged as a "strong investment" in international relations", he remarked.