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Currently exist "no plans" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has announced.

Last Thursday Trump stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Budapest soon to address the war in Ukraine.

A preparatory meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "constructive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was not "needed".

The White House declined to provide further information on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Previous Developments

The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a day before hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts suggested his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders claiming Trump had pushed him to relinquish significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Russia.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump supported a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the war on the present positions.

"Let it be cut where it stands," he remarked.

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

Moscow was solely focused on "enduring stability", Russia's foreign minister commented on Tuesday, suggesting that freezing the front line would only amount to a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "underlying reasons" of the war required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a series of maximalist demands that encompass the acceptance of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of the country – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

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

Military Considerations

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader recently came ahead of rumors that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit inside Russia.

Zelensky said it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the missiles had proven to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he commented.