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There are "no arrangements" for American leader President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has stated.

Last Thursday Trump indicated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest in the coming fortnight to address the Ukraine conflict.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "constructive" conversation and that a meeting was not "necessary".

The White House declined to provide further information on why the talks had been postponed.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with sources claiming the president had urged him to relinquish large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump supported a peace initiative supported by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the hostilities on the present positions.

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

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the present battle positions.

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

Diplomatic Positions

The "fundamental issues" of the war needed to be addressed, Lavrov emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acceptance of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Ukraine and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president said talks regarding the battle positions were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the only topic that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the provision of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with the US leader recently occurred before reports that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the missiles had emerged as a "valuable contribution" in negotiations", he commented.