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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has stated.

This past week Trump stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Budapest within two weeks to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was planned for recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" call and that a face-to-face session was no longer "required".

The administration declined to provide any more details on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Some reports claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with those familiar suggesting Trump had pressured him to give up large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump endorsed a truce plan supported by Ukraine and European leaders to freeze the war on the present positions.

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

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on this week, implying that freezing the front line would merely represent a short-term truce.

Diplomatic Positions

The "underlying reasons" of the war needed to be addressed, Lavrov stated, using Moscow's terminology for a series of maximalist demands that include the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of the country – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the battle positions were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with Trump last Thursday preceded reports that the US was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The talk about the missiles had emerged as a "strong investment" in international relations", he remarked.