U.K. Jets Escort Russian Military Planes Off Britain
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The U.K. scrambled fighter jets to intercept and escort two Russian military aircraft flying close to the British coastline amid tensions between NATO countries and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
Royal Air Force Typhoons operating under North Atlantic Treaty Organization command were deployed Wednesday from an air base at Coningsby in eastern England, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said in an e-mailed statement. The incident took place at about 6:30 p.m. off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, the ministry said.