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Currently exist "no preparations" for American leader President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has stated.

This past week Trump indicated he and the Russian president would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to discuss the war in Ukraine.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was planned for this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "productive" call and that a face-to-face session was no longer "necessary".

The White House declined to provide additional specifics on why the talks had been postponed.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with Putin, a day before hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts indicated his talks with Zelensky had been a "contentious discussion", with sources indicating Trump had pressured him to give up significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president endorsed a ceasefire proposal backed by Ukraine and EU officials to pause the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

"Let it be cut where it stands," he stated.

Russia has frequently resisted against halting the existing front lines.

Moscow was only interested in "permanent resolution", Lavrov said on this week, indicating that pausing conflict would only amount to a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the war demanded attention, Lavrov emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a series of comprehensive conditions that include the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president stated conversations concerning the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "employing all tactics" 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.

Military Considerations

Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader last Thursday came ahead of rumors that the US was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could potentially strike inside Russia.

Zelensky asserted it was the weapons consideration that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The talk about the missiles had turned out to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he remarked.