The air and sea military alarm this week was the second time in three months that British troops detected Russian ships and aircraft appearing within the same period.

RAF fighter jets were scrambled after one of Vladimir Putin’s reconnaissance aircraft was detected flying near to British airspace. Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were deployed from Moray to keep watch of the Russian Bear-F plane as it flew dangerously close over the North Sea.

British jets tracked a Russian aircraft flying close to the country's airspace, the Royal Air Force said on Friday, days after the Royal Navy also detected Russian military ships passing through the English Channel.

RAF fighter jets were scrambled from Scotland this week after a Russian military aircraft was detected flying close to UK airspace. Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray monitored a Russian Bear-F aircraft as it flew over the North Sea on Thursday,

UK jets were scrambled to monitor a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to UK airspace, the defence minister in London said on Friday. "At no time was it able to enter UK sovereign airspace," it added.

RAF Typhoon fighter jets have been scrambled after a Russian military aircraft was detected flying near UK airspace. The aircraft, identified as a Bear-F reconnaissance plane, was monitored as it flew over the North Sea within the UK's area of interest.