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

Recently the US president indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Hungary's capital soon to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the administration clarified the two had had a "constructive" call and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The administration declined to provide any more details on why the talks had been postponed.

Previous Developments

The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting over the phone with Putin, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the White House.

Some reports claimed his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with sources claiming the president had pressured him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on Monday the American president embraced a truce plan supported by Ukraine and European leaders to halt the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

"Leave it as is in its current state," he said.

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the existing front lines.

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, indicating that pausing conflict would simply constitute a short-term truce.

Diplomatic Positions

The "fundamental issues" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Moscow's terminology for a set of comprehensive conditions that include the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its EU supporters.

The Ukrainian president said discussions about the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

He also said the sole subject that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the provision of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's unplanned conversation with Trump recently came ahead of rumors that the United States was preparing to send extended-range cruise missiles to Ukraine that could theoretically target inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The discussion regarding the missiles had turned out to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he remarked.