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Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has declared.

Last Thursday Trump indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "productive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was not "necessary".

The White House did not share further information on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

The US president had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with Putin, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with those familiar claiming the president had pushed him to cede large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow.

However, on Monday the American president supported a truce plan supported by Kyiv and EU officials to halt the war on the present positions.

"Freeze the lines the way it is," he remarked.

Moscow has frequently resisted against pausing the existing front lines.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov said on Tuesday, implying that pausing conflict would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the war needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat stated, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of maximalist demands that involve the acceptance of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its EU supporters.

Zelensky stated conversations concerning the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to avoid diplomacy.

He further commented the sole subject that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the delivery of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with the US leader last Thursday came ahead of reports that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the Tomahawks issue that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The talk about the missiles had emerged as a "strong investment" in negotiations", he commented.