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>RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near UK as Navy shadows Kremlin boatsTwo Typhoons were scrambled from the RAF air base at Lossiemouth yesterday, supported by a Voyager from RAF Brize Norton. The Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the the aircraft had been deployed to intercept two Russian Bear-F aircraft found flying near the UK.The RAF jets were launched under NATO command, and the aircraft continued to be monitored as it passed through international airspace. Typhoon fighters escorted the aircraft out of the UK’s Flight Information Region and "at no time did the Russian aircraft enter UK sovereign airspace", said the MoD.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/raf-jets-scrambled-intercept-russian-33658349