TWO RAF jets were scrambled to intercept Russian bombers which had flown threateningly close to British airspace today.

While the two Russian Blackjack bombers did not enter British airspace, authorities were alarmed when they passed to the west of the Shetland Islands.

The Ministry of Defence revealed jets from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby were eventually launched as a "precautionary measure”.

The Russian planes, which had travelled from the direction of Norway, then continued their route away from Britain.

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[link to www.express.co.uk]