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Currently exist "no plans" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital soon to address the ongoing hostilities.

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

The White House did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been postponed.

Earlier Events

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

Various sources suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "contentious discussion", with sources claiming Trump had urged him to relinquish large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump supported a peace initiative endorsed by Ukraine and European leaders to pause the hostilities on the present positions.

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

Moscow has frequently resisted against freezing the present battle positions.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, suggesting that halting hostilities would merely represent a temporary ceasefire.

Diplomatic Positions

The "root causes" of the conflict needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Moscow's terminology for a series of maximalist demands that include the acknowledgment of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the current lines were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue.

He further commented the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Strategic Factors

The Russian president's unplanned conversation with the US leader last Thursday preceded reports that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The talk about the weapons systems had emerged as a "significant input" in diplomacy", he added.