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There are "no arrangements" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has stated.

This past week the US president indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Budapest in the coming fortnight to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A planning session between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "productive" call and that a face-to-face session was no longer "needed".

The White House withheld additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders claiming the president had urged him to cede large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on Monday the American president embraced a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Ukraine and European leaders to halt the hostilities on the current front line.

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

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the present battle positions.

Moscow was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov stated on Tuesday, implying that halting hostilities would merely represent a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "root causes" of the hostilities needed to be addressed, Lavrov stated, using Moscow's terminology for a range of comprehensive conditions that encompass the recognition of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its European partners.

Zelensky said discussions about the battle positions were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the provision of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

Putin's spontaneous discussion with the US leader recently occurred before speculation that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the missiles had turned out to be a "valuable contribution" in negotiations", he added.