UK fighter jets have embarked on their first NATO policing mission over Poland since Russian violations of the country's airspace - by patrolling the area where 19 drones were shot down earlier this month.

On Monday, the Government announced it would provide further air defence over the eastern European nation - with RAF Typhoons setting off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Friday night. Seen very much as a defensive mission by those on board, the fighter jets, which were given the call signs "chaos 1-1" and "chaos 1-2", policed the skies close to Belarusian and Russian airspace.

Nothing significant was reported from the UK's first NATO "Eastern Sentry" operation. Fighter jets, alongside a Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft, embarked on the mission 10 days after Russian drones

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