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Moment RAF jets kept Putin's bomber in check: Video from inside Russian Tu-95 Bear shows it being flanked by two Typhoons after four warplanes flew in from the East and approached UK airspace
https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2022/02/03/1752793607900672478/636x382_MP4_1752793607900672478.mp4
A dramatic video today revealed the moment RAF Typhoon fighter jets escorted a quartet of Russian aircraft off the coast of Scotland after they headed towards UK airspace over the North Sea. The Typhoons were scrambled from Lossiemouth in Moray after two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers and two maritime patrol Tu-142 Bear F aircraft were tracked by the RAF near the 'UK's area of interest' over the North Sea. After a mid-air standoff of several minutes yesterday afternoon they were escorted away without entering UK airspace - with the incident coming just hours before Russian president Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson spoke. The Russian footage highlights a mission that came soon after Mr Johnson's return from a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday and before he warned the Kremlin leader yesterday that an attack on Ukraine would be a 'tragic miscalculation'. The British high-readiness aircraft took off from Lossiemouth after warnings were received about the inbound Russian jets. The quick reaction force was accompanied by a RAF Voyager refuelling aircraft from Brize Norton. They intercepted and escorted the Russian jets away from UK airspace in an incident which took place at an extremely tense time in UK-Russia relations. The Typhoons flew in close proximity to the Russian aircraft, which had entered airspace known as the UK's 'area of interest', which is not the same as UK sovereign airspace. The 'area of interest' is further from the British Isles and includes international airspace, but the UK is responsible for policing it and providing air traffic control services. While such operations are not unusual, the timing of the incident on the day that the Prime Minister and Mr Putin spoke in a phone call gave it additional significance.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10471523/Moment-RAF-jets-kept-Vladimir-Putins-bomber-check.html
https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2022/02/03/1752793607900672478/636x382_MP4_1752793607900672478.mp4
A dramatic video today revealed the moment RAF Typhoon fighter jets escorted a quartet of Russian aircraft off the coast of Scotland after they headed towards UK airspace over the North Sea. The Typhoons were scrambled from Lossiemouth in Moray after two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bombers and two maritime patrol Tu-142 Bear F aircraft were tracked by the RAF near the 'UK's area of interest' over the North Sea. After a mid-air standoff of several minutes yesterday afternoon they were escorted away without entering UK airspace - with the incident coming just hours before Russian president Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson spoke. The Russian footage highlights a mission that came soon after Mr Johnson's return from a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday and before he warned the Kremlin leader yesterday that an attack on Ukraine would be a 'tragic miscalculation'. The British high-readiness aircraft took off from Lossiemouth after warnings were received about the inbound Russian jets. The quick reaction force was accompanied by a RAF Voyager refuelling aircraft from Brize Norton. They intercepted and escorted the Russian jets away from UK airspace in an incident which took place at an extremely tense time in UK-Russia relations. The Typhoons flew in close proximity to the Russian aircraft, which had entered airspace known as the UK's 'area of interest', which is not the same as UK sovereign airspace. The 'area of interest' is further from the British Isles and includes international airspace, but the UK is responsible for policing it and providing air traffic control services. While such operations are not unusual, the timing of the incident on the day that the Prime Minister and Mr Putin spoke in a phone call gave it additional significance.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10471523/Moment-RAF-jets-kept-Vladimir-Putins-bomber-check.html