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There are "no preparations" for US President President Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has stated.

Last Thursday the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "productive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "required".

The administration did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts claimed his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with sources claiming the president had pushed him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

Yet, on this week Trump supported a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the conflict on the present positions.

"Freeze the lines the way it is," he stated.

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

Moscow was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, suggesting that halting hostilities would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire.

Negotiating Stances

The "underlying reasons" of the hostilities required resolution, Lavrov said, using Moscow's terminology for a set of extensive requirements that involve the recognition of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to evade negotiations.

He also said the sole subject that could make Moscow "take notice" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with Trump recently occurred before rumors that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit deep into Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to engage in discussion. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "significant input" in negotiations", he remarked.