Trump praises progress with Russia following Witkoff meeting with Putin

David Smith, the head of The Guardian's Washington bureau, joined France 24 to discuss US President Donald Trump's cautious encounter with the press when asked whether a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine had been reached during an earlier meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders have engaged in a tense back-and-forth in recent weeks, with Trump threatening Russia with significant sanctions if Putin didn't end the war, but Trump specified during his press encounter that "great progress" had been made during Witkoff's visit.