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mikey kay is a former uk military strategic planning advisor and a former raf helicopter pilot. thank you so much forjoining us, we really appreciate your time. i want to read to you something that the director of the us military�*sjoint staff said, general simms. he said he expects retaliation but they are not to be messed with. what have these strikes actually accomplished militarily if not deterrence? i think you have to go back a couple of years and look at the way this has manifested itself and the houthis have been targeting notjust shipping but us warships and more recently, uk warship, hms diamond, with ballistic missiles and drones. this has been going on, the targeting of shipping both military and civilian ships in the straight,

travelling around africa. it means delays and extra costs. the houthis accuse the us and its allies of an escalation on israel's behalf. they say the attacks have had no significant impact on its forces and threaten with what they describe as a very harsh and painful response. so far, their reaction has been muted. they fired a missile yesterday which didn't hit its target. also yesterday, a huge protest against the strikes was held in sanaa. the americans say they don't want a major confrontation but are warning the houthis they are ready to respond. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. mikey kay is a former uk military strategic planning adviser and a former raf helicopter pilot. he has told me earlier

we can speak now to mikey kay, former uk military strategic planner, who spent 20 years as an raf assault helicopter pilot. good to have you back on the programme. what kind of thing do you think the ukrainians might�*ve used to blow bridge up? think the ukrainians might've used to blow bridge up?— think the ukrainians might've used to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is really _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is really important i first thing that is really important to talk about is there are rules in war, but when someone is backed in a corner or you have a strategic asset like crimea, that very much is a strategic asset to putin, which is home to the black sea fleet, it is also home to the airpower fleet that protects the black sea fleet from the air, when it comes to trying to get an advantage, when it comes to the rules of war so to speak, there are ways around that. if ukraine can

for more on this, i'm joined by mikey kay, who is a former uk military strategic planner. good to have you with this. talk to us about the significance about the strike happening in daytime when you would assume many of those in kyiv were trying to go about daily business. i were trying to go about daily business. ~ , were trying to go about daily business-_ were trying to go about daily business. ~ , , ., ., business. i think this is one of putin's very — business. i think this is one of putin's very few _ business. i think this is one of putin's very few last _ business. i think this is one of putin's very few last central i putin's very few last central capabilities. we talked about planning in strategic capabilities circles and at long range standoff missiles are probably one of putin's few critical capabilities left to try and inflict damage on ukraine. the first of this is happened. on march the 9th, russia launched over 80 long—range missiles on cities inside ukraine and what the targets are is left to be unanswered. hitting civilian infrastructure of which russia are coming back and claiming that there is some sort of military association with whatever

on the capital this month. earlier on, i spoke to the former uk military strategic planner mikey kay. i started by asking him about how significant it is that russia has been launching these strikes in daylight. i think this is one of putin's very few last critical capabilities. we talked about centre of gravity planning in strategic circles and long range missiles are probably one of putin's few critical capabilities left to try and inflict damage on ukraine. this is not the first time this has happened. on march the 9th, russia launched over 80 long—range missiles on cities inside ukraine. what the targets are is left to be unanswered. a lot are hitting civilian infrastructure of which russia are coming back and claiming that there is some sort of military association

tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has survived a gun attack during a protest march. we're on the front line as ukraine makes a slow advance on the russian held city of kherson, amid reports russia could be preparing to withdraw. let's stay with that story now. mikey kay is military expert and hejoins me now from hanoi. thank you forjoining us. what are the reasons for russia's

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