Russian planes and ships near British coast

British fighter planes and a warship were scrambled yesterday as Russian bombers and vessels passed close to the UK. 

First it emerged HMS Argyll had been deployed to monitor a destroyer and two other ships from the country as they passed through the English Channel.

Hours later the Ministry of Defence disclosed that Typhoons were sent from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland after two Russian Bear H aircraft were spotted flying close to UK airspace.