UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Russia is ‘violating its most basic obligations’. The Royal Air Force will confront Russian planes if they continue to violate Nato airspace again, says the foreign secretary. Speaking at a UN meeting on Monday, September 22, Yvette Cooper said British pilots were ‘ready to take all steps necessary’ in protecting the Western alliance from Russia. RAF Typhoons were deployed on the Eastern Sentry mission this week after Polish skies woke to dozens of Russian drones entering the country’s airspace overnight. Russia has inflamed tensions with Nato this week following further breaches in both Estonian and Romanian airspace.