russia says its radars detected the launch of two ukrainian missiles. officials in kyiv warn against what they call special information operations against moscow, which it says has a long history of lies and misinformation. well, russian politicians have been commenting in the russian state duma let s have a listen. translation: around to 11am, in the area i of belgorod city airport, a russian air and space forces il 76 plane crashed. on board were 65 former servicemen of the ukrainian army, prisoners of war, who were being transported for a swap. there was a second il 76 plane flying after it, which was carrying around another 85 prisoners of war. it was diverted. the ukrainian army knew perfectly well about the preparations for the swap and was informed of the way the prisoners would be delivered. the ukrainian authorities knew perfectly well. i ve been speaking to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, who summarised the details from moscow officials at this point. there
good afternoon. royal mail could be allowed to reduce letter deliveries to five or even just three days a week. these are amongst the options being considered by the communications watchdog, ofcom. it says a universal postal service risks becoming unsustainable following a large fall in the numbers of letters we send. the prime minister has said that he s opposed to any cuts in key services provided by the royal mail. here s our business correspondent, theo leggett. it has been the same for generations. every day from monday to saturday postal workers have been out and about delivering letters. it is a service royal mail is still obliged to offer by law, but it is struggling to maintain it. and that leaves people like peter from ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . o ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . 0 cu ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know your-
a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath and former british army captain. welcome to bbc news. we were hearing from lord cameron that he believes that this will degrade the group s ability to attack cargo ships. do you agree with that assertion, and how is the military trying to degrade the houthi capabilities? i do agree with the assertion. i think the strikes on the 11th of january, which hit about 1k targets, the uk was involved with that, that was a big message and it did degrade. we saw that confirmed with the battle damage assessment on the open source imagery coming through. then the us continue to hit missile launching sites, basically, as targets of opportunity. because the houthis have got mobile launchers. when intelligence queues of a target for them, they are able to hit them. but these were smaller and more ad hoc. finally, we had strikes yesterday that were very coordinated again, and larger, so hitting different targets across the spectrum, in t