Berlin: Germany's air force deployed two Eurofighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that entered neutral airspace over the Baltic Sea, Al Jazeera reported. In a statement, Germany's air force said NATO's "quick reaction alert force" ordered the scramble after an unidentified aircraft was detected flying without a flight plan or radio communication. "It was a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance aircraft. After visual identification, we handed over escort duties to our Swedish NATO partners and returned to Rostock-Laage," it added. The interception came just days before NATO's North Atlantic Council is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss a separate incident involving Russian jets over Estonia.