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Civil aviation disrupted - The UK has summoned the Russian Ambassador to explain why military planes flew over the English Channel.
Absolutely pointless, they won't hold their hands up, they never do. Obviously this was not just a "routine sortie", the Russian Federal Government has an objective in mind. They are being shunned by most civilised Western countries for attempting to destabilise Ukraine, they have repeatedly lied about withdrawing all of their deployed assets, their economy is collapsing due to the sanctions imposed and if there is significant evidence in the Litivenko inquiry which suggests Putin is responsible, it's likely he will have an appointment in The Hague.