On this week's podcast:
General Sir Richard Shirreff: his last seven years in uniform were spent in two senior NATO command posts. He was Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He was also the most senior British general in the Alliance.
It is a riveting insiders view. Is this the start of World War Three, how does it end, and is Putin mad?
We demonstrate the rewards of scepticism. And the frustration of being denied a trip to Odessa.
As always we go into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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