Hard work should pay Unlock quality journalism that champions free enterprise Enjoy a full year’s access to The Telegraph for £29. | | Handshakes and flattery were a world away from the scenes we saw the last time the pair met | Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have apparently agreed to sit down one-on-one within the next two weeks.
Donald Trump called the Russian president after a packed day of talks in Washington to set up the first face-to-face meeting between the warring leaders since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The US president also confirmed his country would provide military support to Kyiv as part of a peace deal.
Rob Crilly was in the room to watch Trump and Zelensky bury the hatchet.  | Rob Crilly Chief US Correspondent | The last time he visited the White House Volodymyr Zelensky wore military garb and was accused of not being grateful enough for the billions of dollars in US military support.
On Monday, he wore a jacket and shirt, and proceeded to thank his host seven times in 50 seconds as cameras rolled in the Oval Office.
“Thanks so much, Mr President,” he said. “If I can, first of all, thank you for the invitation, and thank you very much for your efforts, personal efforts, to stop killings and stop this war. Thank you.”
This is high-stakes business. His sworn enemy Vladimir Putin has something of first-move advantage after meeting Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.
European leaders immediately sensed the danger in letting the Russian strongman write the first draft of any settlement, assembling hurriedly at the White House in an extraordinary show of support alongside the Ukrainian president. | Mr Zelensky was accompanied to the White House by European leaders | OK, so their own officials lowered expectations ahead of the summit, saying that the meetings were more likely to produce incremental progress than a breakthrough.
But a bad day could have pushed Putin further into the ascendant. So leader after leader used their time to praise Trump and thank him for his work.
“I really want to thank you, President of the United States, Dear Donald, for the fact that you … broke the deadlock basically with President Putin by starting that dialogue,” said Mark Rutte, secretary-general of NATO.
Trump returned the compliments and lavished praise on his guests, several of whom he had earlier referred to as “great leaders of great countries”.
As well as flattery, the Europeans had another tool in their arsenal: Melania Trump and her letter to Putin about the plight of abducted Ukrainian children.
Zelensky presented the president with a letter from his wife for the first lady, thanking her for raising the issue.
And when Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, had her chance to address the meeting, she praised him for mentioning the child abductions.
It worked. Whether or not peace is any closer, the process had moved forward by the end of the day.
A clearly delighted US President announced on Truth Social later in the evening that he had called Putin, and started the process of setting up a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders.
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You may have gathered from last week’s newsletter on the 1976 heatwave that I am not a summer creature. By this point in the year, I’m on the lookout for signs of autumn – gleefully proclaiming a new freshness in the air, nodding approvingly at the first fallen leaves on the pavement. It’s probably quite annoying.
Does anything herald the season of mists like a blackberry? In many places, hedges are already teeming with fruit. But something was troubling Kate Pycroft: “I have noticed that I seem to be the only person who picks any now. As I collected another boxful the other day, I wondered why this was. It is such a satisfying free activity for children. Could it be that parents now prefer to pay for the privilege at expensive ‘pick your own’ farms? Or that youngsters prefer the sweeter taste of mass-produced strawberries?”
Pamela Wheeler had observed this trend too: “It is a pity that so few people appreciate blackberries nowadays. What can beat blackberry and apple crumble, served with proper custard, not cream? In a good year I manage to collect, process and freeze enough blackberry jus to flavour my yoghurt for the coming year.”
Carolyn Hollis added: “I was blackberrying last year – as usual – when a child asked me what I was doing. ‘Picking blackberries.’ ‘Oh!’ she said, ‘You can get them in Tesco you know’.”
In Staffordshire, though, according to Alison Montague, there are signs that all is not lost: “I regularly walk along a canal path here and bring a container to harvest blackberries. Yesterday I came across another woman doing the same thing.” Is Britain losing its taste for blackberries? Let me know here, or head to our Your Say page, exclusively on The Telegraph app. | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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