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Currently exist "no preparations" for US President Donald Trump to confer with Russia's Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has announced.

This past week Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to discuss the ongoing hostilities.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration clarified the two had had a "constructive" call and that a face-to-face session was no longer "required".

The White House did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting via telephone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts claimed his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with sources indicating Trump had urged him to give up extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Yet, on Monday the American president endorsed a peace initiative supported by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the conflict on the current front line.

"Let it be cut the way it is," he stated.

Russia has frequently resisted against freezing the present battle positions.

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

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat stated, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of extensive requirements that involve the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

Zelensky said conversations concerning the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He further commented the sole subject that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

Putin's spontaneous discussion with the US leader last Thursday preceded speculation that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could potentially strike Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had emerged as a "strong investment" in diplomacy", he added.