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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has announced.

Recently the US president indicated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest in the coming fortnight to address the Ukraine conflict.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The administration withheld further information on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Previous Developments

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting via telephone with the Russian leader, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with sources indicating the president had pressured him to give up significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Moscow.

However, on this week the American president embraced a truce plan backed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the war on the current front line.

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

Russia has frequently resisted against freezing the present battle positions.

The Russian government was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, indicating that halting hostilities would only amount to a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "root causes" of the hostilities demanded attention, the Russian diplomat said, using Moscow's terminology for a set of comprehensive conditions that involve the recognition of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president said discussions about the front line were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue.

He also said the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader recently occurred before reports that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit deep into Russia.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the Tomahawks issue that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the weapons systems had turned out to be a "significant input" in negotiations", he remarked.