Russians stray into area of NATO drill – Britain sends up RAF Typhoon fighters

The strain in relations between Russia and other nations is showing up because, while a NATO drill is on in the Baltic Sea, the Russians strayed near to the area and Britain scrambled its RAF Typhoon jets.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 17 June 2015.

It seems the RAF Typhoons were scrambled three times in the last 24 hours from Estonia to intercept Russian jets that were flying too close to NATO military exercises in the Baltic. Britain has taken serous note of this and has warned Moscow the NATO exercises were "not a game".
Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has remarked that UK will do all that is necessary and, with other alliance members, will defend Eastern Europe's borders.
Incidentally, the Royal Navy Flagship is participating in an amphibious landing exercise on a beach in northern Poland – the location is within 100 miles from the Russian state of Kaliningrad. The military exercise involves some 17 NATO militaries comprising 5,600 troops and 49 vessels were involved.
The intention of the exercise is to express solidarity with Eastern Europe in the face of a Russian threat. It may be recalled that the tensions began with the annexation of Crimea by Russia in early 2014. Russia-backed separatist rebels have seized land in the east after the annexation.
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