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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has announced.

Recently Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Budapest in the coming fortnight to address the Ukraine conflict.

A planning session between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration said the two had had a "constructive" call and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The White House declined to provide further information on why the talks had been delayed.

Background Context

Trump had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting during a call with Putin, a day before meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with those familiar suggesting Trump had pushed him to relinquish extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Moscow.

However, on this week Trump endorsed a peace initiative endorsed by Ukraine and European leaders to pause the conflict on the present positions.

"Freeze the lines where it stands," he remarked.

Russia has consistently objected against halting the current line of contact.

Moscow was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, suggesting that freezing the front line would merely represent a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the war demanded attention, Lavrov stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of comprehensive conditions that involve the recognition of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the demilitarisation of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its Western allies.

Zelensky said conversations concerning the battle positions were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "employing all tactics" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the provision of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Strategic Factors

The Russian president's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday occurred before speculation that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the Tomahawks issue that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had turned out to be a "significant input" in international relations", he remarked.