Russian military jets were "not seen as a threat" when they flew through international airspace not far from the border with Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed.

NORAD scrambles U.S. and Canadian jets to monitor Russian warplanes in the Arctic, amid rising global tensions.

Multiple Russian military aircraft were monitored in the Arctic this week by The North American Aerospace Defense Command.

A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday,