Preparations for Trump-Putin Summit Shelved Shortly After Budapest Talks Suggested

Currently exist "no arrangements" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has declared.

Recently the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital soon to examine the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House said the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was not "needed".

The White House did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit over the phone with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with sources indicating the president had pushed him to cede large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

However, on this week Trump endorsed a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the hostilities on the present positions.

"Let it be cut the way it is," he stated.

Moscow has consistently objected against halting the existing front lines.

The Russian government was only interested in "enduring stability", Lavrov stated on this week, implying that freezing the front line would simply constitute a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "root causes" of the hostilities demanded attention, Lavrov emphasized, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of comprehensive conditions that involve the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president commented conversations concerning the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to evade negotiations.

He also said the sole subject that could cause Russia to "take notice" was that of the delivery of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader recently came ahead of rumors that the US was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to enter into dialogue. The talk about the weapons systems had emerged as a "significant input" in diplomacy", he commented.