The stand-off is the latest in a series of provocations from Moscow amid heightened tensions with Britain and the West.
A Royal Air Force spokesman said: “We can confirm that quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth scrambled this morning, this is a live operation and therefore we will not be providing any additional information until the mission is complete.”
Russian president Vladimir Putin has brazenly ordered his air forces to traverse into British airspace and Russian ships have been closely monitored several times moving through UK waters recently.
Air traffic monitors showed 1,500mph RAF Typhoons tailing a British Voyager aircraft off Caithness on the east coast of Scotland this morning.
A Voyager — used to refuel jets in mid-air — was deployed from RAF Brize Norton and scoured the north coast near John O' Groats.
The fleet then began heading south towards Dundee and Edinburgh just after 10am.
In September RAF jets from the Moray Firth air base took off to meet Russian military planes near Scotland.
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