British fighter planes were today scrambled over fears of a suspected Russian long-range bomber nearing UK airspace.
Two Typhoon fighter jets were flown from RAF Lossiemouth, in Scotland, along with a Voyager refuelling jet from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
The planes flew towards Shetland, off Scotland’s north-east coast and were tracked circling nearby.
The Telegraph reported that an unidentified Russian warplane sat outside British airspace.
It did not need to be intercepted or escorted by the British
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