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Currently exist "no plans" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a White House official has declared.

Recently Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital soon to discuss the ongoing hostilities.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "constructive" conversation and that a meeting was no longer "necessary".

The White House declined to provide additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been postponed.

Earlier Events

Trump had discussed a Budapest summit via telephone with the Russian leader, a just prior to hosting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources indicated his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with insiders claiming the president had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president supported a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the hostilities on the present positions.

"Let it be cut in its current state," he stated.

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was solely focused on "enduring stability", Lavrov stated on Tuesday, suggesting that pausing conflict would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire.

Negotiating Stances

The "root causes" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat stated, using Moscow's terminology for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acceptance of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its European partners.

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

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's unplanned conversation with the US leader last Thursday came ahead of speculation that the US was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

Zelensky asserted it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had emerged as a "strong investment" in negotiations", he added.