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There are "no plans" for American leader President Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president said he and the Russian president would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to discuss the war in Ukraine.

A planning session between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for this week - but the White House said the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The White House withheld additional specifics on why the talks had been delayed.

Earlier Events

Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a day before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with sources suggesting the president had pushed him to relinquish extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Moscow.

However, on Monday Trump supported a truce plan supported by Ukraine and European leaders to pause the conflict on the current front line.

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

Russia has frequently resisted against freezing the present battle positions.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister commented on Tuesday, implying that pausing conflict would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat said, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of maximalist demands that involve the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of the country – a non-starter for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president stated conversations concerning the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "doing everything" to avoid diplomacy.

He further commented the sole subject that could make Moscow "take notice" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

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 theoretically target inside Russia.

Zelensky stated it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to engage in discussion. The discussion regarding the missiles had emerged as a "strong investment" in diplomacy", he commented.