Plans for a proposed meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest have been put on hold, just days after it was floated as a potential step toward ending the war in Ukraine.

The White House confirmed there were "no plans" for a Trump-Putin summit "in the immediate future," saying recent diplomatic efforts had failed to make a breakthrough toward a ceasefire. The development comes as Ukraine and its European allies continue to insist that any peace talks must not involve territorial concessions from Kyiv.

The pause followed a Monday phone call between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Trump’s push to mediate peace between Kyiv and Moscow has repeatedly hit turbulence. His earlier meeting with Pu

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