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There are "no plans" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has announced.

Recently the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Budapest soon to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the administration clarified the two had had a "productive" call and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The White House declined to provide further information on why the talks had been delayed.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting over the phone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders suggesting the president had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week Trump supported a peace initiative backed by Ukraine and EU officials to freeze the hostilities on the current front line.

"Leave it as is in its current state," he stated.

Moscow has frequently resisted against freezing the existing front lines.

Moscow was solely focused on "enduring stability", Lavrov stated on this week, indicating that freezing the front line would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the hostilities needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat stated, using Moscow's terminology for a range of maximalist demands that involve the acceptance of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its EU supporters.

Zelensky stated discussions about the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the only topic that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Strategic Factors

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader recently occurred before speculation that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory.

Zelensky stated it was the weapons consideration that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the missiles had turned out to be a "significant input" in international relations", he added.