Free thinking. Straight talking. Explore more opinion from the nation’s leading comment writers. Enjoy three months’ free access to The Telegraph. Cancel at any time. |  | Memphis Barker Senior Foreign Correspondent | It all seemed to be going so well for Volodymyr Zelensky.
In the run-up to his White House meeting with Donald Trump on Friday, the United States had provided intelligence to help Ukraine knock out swaths of Russia’s fuel industry in long-range drone strikes.
Mr Trump had described Moscow as a “paper tiger”. He had hinted at being open to providing Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles in order to pile further pressure on Vladimir Putin.
Then came a call with the Russian president – and a now familiar volte-face.
Instead of a back-slapping assessment of the joint campaign against Russian oil refineries, Mr Trump rounded once more on the Ukrainian leader he so publicly upbraided in the Oval Office in February. The only difference this time: there were no TV cameras to film it.
Seeking another win after securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas (a deal which, as of yesterday, looked somewhat shaky), Mr Trump demanded that Ukraine submit to Putin’s key demand for peace.
That meant surrendering its foothold in the Donetsk region, territory dotted with heavily-fortified Ukrainian towns that have resisted Moscow’s attempts to capture them for more than three years.
The proposal is a non-starter for Ukraine, not even worth discussion. European leaders will do what they can to bend Mr Trump back to their perspective, noting that if Ukraine were to give up all of the eastern Donbas, Russia would have an almost clear path to Kyiv and then perhaps further east. The dream of the White House fully stepping in behind Ukraine has been dashed. At some point, Mr Trump will have to take a fixed position, and bully one of the two warring nations into major concessions.
Read the full story here ➤ |  | Camilla Tominey Associate Editor | “Woke Is Dead” declares the unambiguous title of Piers Morgan’s latest book. Having carved a career out of controversy, the veteran journalist is at it again with a condemnation of the snowflakery of the past decade.
From the attempted cancellation of JK Rowling by the actors from the Harry Potter films to the “truth” according to Harry and Meghan, when I meet Morgan, the YouTube star is characteristically forthright in his takedown of each episode.
Charting the spectacular collapse of the most ridiculous ideology in history, he delights in exposing the hypocrites and destroying its myths while celebrating the heroes who refused to surrender to the wokerati, crediting his frenemy Donald Trump with putting the liberal bullies firmly back in their place. In my conversation with Morgan, 60, he was typically outspoken and irreverent – and, of course, he couldn’t resist some name-dropping along the way.
Read the interview here ➤
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|  | Matt Pritchett | Hello,
This week, we have Paddington Bear to caption. I’m excited to hear your thoughts.
We also have our winner from last week below.
When I drew this cartoon I had “an elephant never forgets” in my head, so it was rather refreshing to see Paul Blaber’s entry riffing on “the elephant in the room” below.
As always, I’ll be answering your questions on the Your Say page, so please enter some for me!
PS, for an inside look at what inspires my weekly cartoons, you can sign up for my personal subscriber-exclusive newsletter here. | The art of an in-flight heavy pour Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
Is British Airways turning things around? There was a time, not so long ago, when the Letters page was awash with accounts of how our national airline had lost its way. But in response to Robert Jackman’s article on in-flight dining, we’ve had a flurry of positive reports from readers.
Stan Kirby kicked things off: “When I was working, I used to fly business class all over Europe with BA. The meals were pretty awful but in my recent experience they have improved a lot. My wife and I usually fly premium economy or business class when going on holiday, mainly for the priority boarding and the extra legroom. The menu options, although limited, are fine and are presented on a tray in a carefully thought out way. Then, of course, there is the drink selection which accompanies the meal. I nearly always choose champagne, just because I can. My wife and I say that our holiday begins when we enter the BA lounge at the airport.”
At some point I will stop reminding you that I’ve just been on holiday to America. Not just yet, though. You see, we flew (economy) with BA, and one thing that struck me – besides our fellow passengers’ superhuman magnanimity towards our noisy, squirming daughter – was that the airline had upped its game since we last used it. Sure, it was no Virgin Atlantic, but the drinks flowed and the food was eminently edible, even if spicy paneer curry seemed a potentially risky dish to serve on a seven-hour flight.
Margaret Baker, meanwhile, “flew to India with British Airways earlier in the year. We are in our 80s, and my husband had major surgery for cancer in the past year. We received amazing attention, both in Heathrow and Mumbai. The drinks were great and generous, and the food very tasty”.
Peter Higgins added: “We recently flew economy with BA. When a lady in an adjacent seat asked for a glass of prosecco for her partner and herself, the attendant said: ‘Madam, you aren’t on a Ryanair flight. I will bring you two glasses of champagne’ – which he duly did.”
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