It is still unclear whether Typhoons based at RAF Leuchars would be called into action to patrol the skies over the Baltic to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin against mounting an invasion of Ukraine.
According to a national newspaper, four armed RAF Typhoon jets are to patrol the skies over the Baltic in a show of strength.
The sorties will begin next month, the report said, with UK pilots under orders to respond forcefully to any violations of the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The four Typhoons will be based at Siauliai in Lithuania where they will join a detachment of four Polish MiG-29s, the report claimed.
The RAF has Typhoons at Coningsby in Lincolnshire and Leuchars.
The peacetime role of jets at Leuchars is to provide Quick Reaction Alert cover for the northern UK. It is not unknown for jets to be scrambled to escort Russian Bear aircraft from the edge of British airspace.
Contacted by The Courier, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said he could not comment. He instead referred to a statement made by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond last month when he confirmed that the Government will offer Typhoon aircraft to Nato from late April to assist with the Nato-Baltic air policing mission.
Mr Hammond said: “The status of Ukraine is quite different from the status of Nato countries.
He continued: “We are doing everything we can to reassure our Nato allies about the protection we offer and I am able to advise the House this afternoon we have taken the decision this morning to offer to Nato UK Typhoon aircraft from late April to augment the Polish contribution to the Nato Baltic air policing mission.”