British typhoons and Swedish fighter jets drove away Russian planes flying near NATO airspace 

Royal Air Force Typhoons have scrambled for the second time in less than 24 hours, to intercept Russian aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea.
The second scramble today follows a scramble yesterday evening. This launch was initially to intercept two Russian transport aircraft, an Antonov An-12 Cub, and an Antonov An-72 Coaler that were flying south from mainland Russia towards the Kaliningrad Oblast.
The RAF fighters were then re-tasked to intercept two Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire bombers, and two Su-30SM Flanker H fighters that were also flying south from mainland Russia over the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
On Thursday evening, RAF Typhoons and Swedish Air Force Gripens were scrambled to intercept a Russian Air Force IL-20 Coot A, and a Su-27 Flanker B that were flying close to NATO and Swedish airspace.
On both occasions the Russian aircraft were not complying with international norms by failing to communicate with the relevant Flight Information Regions however, they remained in international airspace and flew in a professional manner.
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