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There are "no preparations" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a administration representative has announced.

This past week the US president indicated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest soon to address the ongoing hostilities.

A preparatory meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the administration clarified the two had had a "positive" discussion and that a meeting was no longer "necessary".

The administration did not share further information on why the talks had been put on hold.

Background Context

Trump had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting via telephone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with sources indicating the president had urged him to cede large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on Monday the American president supported a truce plan supported by Ukraine and EU officials to pause the hostilities on the current front line.

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

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

Moscow was exclusively seeking "enduring stability", Russia's foreign minister said 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, Lavrov emphasized, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of maximalist demands that involve the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president commented discussions about the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

Putin's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday preceded rumors that the US was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike deep into Russia.

Zelensky asserted it was the weapons consideration that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The talk about the weapons systems had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he remarked.