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There are "no arrangements" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

Recently the US president indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Hungary's capital within two weeks to discuss the Ukraine conflict.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "constructive" discussion and that a face-to-face session was not "needed".

The administration withheld further information on why the talks had been put on hold.

Earlier Events

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit over the phone with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with insiders indicating the president had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president supported a truce plan supported by Kyiv and European leaders to pause the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he said.

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

Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov said on Tuesday, indicating that freezing the front line would only amount to a short-term truce.

Diplomatic Positions

The "fundamental issues" of the conflict needed to be addressed, Lavrov stated, using Russian diplomatic language for a series of comprehensive conditions that include the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president stated conversations concerning the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "employing all tactics" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the sole subject that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of extended-range arms to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

The Russian president's unplanned conversation with Trump last Thursday preceded rumors that the United States was preparing to send distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in negotiations", he added.