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

This past week the US president said he and the Russian president would meet in Budapest within two weeks to discuss the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a meeting was not "required".

The administration declined to provide any more details on why the talks had been delayed.

Previous Developments

The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with sources claiming Trump had urged him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Yet, on Monday the American president supported a ceasefire proposal supported by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the hostilities on the present positions.

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

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the existing front lines.

Moscow was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister commented on Tuesday, suggesting that freezing the front line would merely represent a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Moscow's terminology for a series of maximalist demands that include the acceptance of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president stated talks regarding the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday preceded reports that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could theoretically target Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he commented.