Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated on September 14th, 2025, that Poland is considering the establishment of an air exclusion zone, a decision that would require consensus among NATO and EU allies. The comments, made in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, come amid ongoing drone activity and geopolitical tensions. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, via social media on September 14th, urged France to take the lead in a potential European air defense operation, specifically calling for action against drones and the protection of civilians. He suggested that France is currently the only European nation capable of leading such an operation, referencing a desire for France to "make our air army the shield of the sky that Europe needs." Separately, on September 14th, explosives from what was described as a "Katsap Uaks" (likely referring to a Russian drone) were found and neutralized in the suburbs of Dnipro, Ukraine. The combat part and electronics were seized, according to local reports. In another incident, a call for volunteers was issued for the Ordzhonikidze area in Koktebel, Crimea, related to fire engines. These developments follow earlier reports from September 14th concerning the deployment of French Rafale jets to Poland on combat alert as part of NATO's Operation "Eastern Sentinel" to defend against potential Russian drone intrusions. Ukraine's Air Force had also reported activity of drones from the Chernihiv region towards Kyiv, as well as ballistic threats from a north-eastern direction.
