Russia's airforce spokesman on Thursday denied London's report of two Russian bombers violating British airspace this month, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
"The Tu-160 strategic bombers did indeed do an overflight over the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic on March 10, but did not violate any country's airspace," Vladimir Drik was quoted as saying.
Britain's ministry of defence on Thursday said that two RAF Tornado F3 fighters were sent to shadow the Russian Blackjack bombers after intercepting them near Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland in the early hours of March 10.
The British jets followed the bombers as they flew south, before they turned north just north of the Northern Ireland coast, leaving British airspace, the ministry said. The Tornado crews returned to base after four hours.
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