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Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has declared.

Last Thursday the US president said he and the Russian president would meet in Budapest within two weeks to address the ongoing hostilities.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the administration said the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The administration did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a day before hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Some reports claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with sources claiming the president had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president endorsed a peace initiative supported by Ukraine and EU officials to halt the war on the present positions.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he said.

Russia has consistently objected against pausing the existing front lines.

Moscow was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, indicating that halting hostilities would only amount to a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the war required resolution, the Russian diplomat said, using Russian diplomatic language for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acceptance of full Russian sovereignty over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Strategic Factors

Putin's spontaneous discussion with Trump recently occurred before speculation that the US was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

Zelensky stated it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had turned out to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he added.