hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc�*s experts explain in detail what's really going on and where we're heading. most of us, to our deep embarrassment, are pretty sure that embarrassment, were pretty sure that vladimir putin was just posturing when he talked about invading ukraine back in february. british and american intelligence knew better, presumably because they were listening in to the phone calls. but is there any way out for vladimir putin now? so perhaps his new calculation is, well, i've gone so far with this that i can't retreat now. i'm going to push for some kind of victory. the united states started off 2022 looking old, chaotic and deeply disturbed. it's not been an easy year for americans, but somehow things