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Currently exist "no preparations" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has declared.

Last Thursday the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to examine the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the administration stated the two had had a "constructive" call and that a meeting was no longer "required".

The administration did not share further information on why the talks had been delayed.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting via telephone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Some reports suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with those familiar claiming the president had urged him to relinquish extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on Monday the American president supported a peace initiative endorsed by Ukraine and EU officials to pause the conflict on the current front line.

"Freeze the lines in its current state," he stated.

Russia has repeatedly pushed back against halting the present battle positions.

The Russian government was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, indicating that halting hostilities would merely represent a short-term truce.

Negotiating Stances

The "underlying reasons" of the conflict required resolution, Lavrov stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of maximalist demands that involve the acknowledgment of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of the country – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

Zelensky stated talks regarding the battle positions were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the only topic that could cause Russia to "take notice" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Strategic Factors

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday came ahead of rumors that the US was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the Tomahawks issue that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the weapons systems had turned out to be a "significant input" in diplomacy", he added.