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A French Rafale fighter jet takes off during a joint mission with Polish F16s at an air base in Minsk Mazowiecki on September 17, 2025, as part of the Eastern Sentry mission, following Warsaw's accusation that Moscow launched a drone raid into Poland. France and Germany moved to bolster defence of Polish airspace on September 11, 2025 as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to discuss the accusation. Moscow denied targeting the country and said there was no evidence the drones were Russian. The drones intruded as Russia unleashed a barrage of strikes across Ukraine as part of an ongoing offensive there following its 2022 invasion. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP via Getty Images)