The Royal Navy also shadowed Russian military vessels passing through the English Channel this week, officials said.

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 to a Russian military aircraft spotted flying close to UK airspace. Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray took to the skies over the North Sea to closely monitor an approaching Russian Bear-F aircraft on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.

The Russian planes were "not adhering to international norms" when Italian and Norwegian NATO jets were mobilized.

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.

The UK scrambled its fighter jets because of a Russian plane near its borders. The Russian plane did not violate British airspace, Sky News reports. The Royal Air Force aircraft were scrambled on Thursday,

British fighter jets were sent to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to U.K. airspace, the Defense Ministry said Friday. Two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets from Lossiemouth, Scotland,