This is the moment RAF Typhoon fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes approaching Estonia.
The RAF tweeted: "RAF Typhoons from 140 EAW in Estonia were scrambled this afternoon to intercept a Russian Air Force IL-20 COOT A and 2x Su-27 FLANKER B flying close to NATO airspace.
The RAF has been called on a number of times since the war began to deter Russian aircraft from entering NATO airspace. The same fighters were then re-tasked to intercept two Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire bombers and two Su-30SM Flanker H fighters that were detected flying from mainland Russia over the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
And earlier this year it was revealed a Russian fighter jet attempted to shoot down a manned RAF jet over the Black Sea.Previously it had been thought that the blundering Su-27 pilot mistakenly believed a radar operator on the ground had given him permission to fire on the British jet and take it down but today US defence officials revealed it had been set off deliberately.
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