spokesman yesterday who believed that this was a sort of test fire on behalf of the russian navy, and for two reasons, one to unsettle the population but also to test the ground to air missile defenses which we know are around odesa, quite well defended. so odesa has been bracing itself, but yesterday could haven't v-been somewhat of a warning sign, that more is still more to come. >> nick, many thanks indeed. the government has asked for a response to concerns about why it sacked 800 employees with a zoom call. and a short while ago asked the small business minister paul scully why he didn't act to stop the sacking. and he told me he knew nothing about it. >> the secretary of state was informed the night before the company was going to be announcing the policy the following day. not announced in the debate we