The footage shows the Tu-95 ‘Bear’ bomber being confronted by a British Typhoon jet – so close you can clearly see the pilot (Picture Youtube)

A Kremlin-backed Russian TV station has ramped up international tensions even higher with footage from inside a Russian bomber over the English Channel.

The footage, from Zvedza, shows the Tu-95 ‘Bear’ bomber being confronted by a British Typhoon jet – so close you can clearly see the pilot.

It’s believed to be from a confrontation last month in the skies above Bournemouth.

This week, two bombers ‘buzzed’ British airspace once again – this time over Cornwall.


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Yesterday David Cameron accused the Russians of ‘trying to make some sort of point’

Yesterday David Cameron accused the Russians of ‘trying to make some sort of point’.



One of the planes was detected off western Scotland and had flown as far as the English Channel by the time it was intercepted.

Ministry of Defence officials said RAF Typhoon jets were launched after the Russian planes were identified. ‘They were escorted by the RAF until they were out of the UK area of interest,’ said a spokesman. ‘At no time did the Russian aircraft cross into UK sovereign airspace.’