Von der Leyen plans “drone wall” on Russia border, Zelenskyy offers Poland help

“Ukraine is ready to provide Poland with all the necessary data available regarding this Russian strike. Ukraine is also ready to help Poland build an effective system of warning and protection against such Russian threats. It is clear that Russian aggression poses a danger to every independent nation in our region, and therefore only joint and coordinated action can guarantee reliable security,” the Ukrainian leader stated on X.

According to President Zelenskyy, eight Russian drones had been confirmed to have entered Polish airspace at the time of the post.

Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine has long proposed to its partners the creation of a joint air defense system. Such a system would ensure the guaranteed interception of Shahed drones, other UAVs, and missiles through the combined capabilities of Ukrainian combat aviation and air defense.

“Russia must feel that the response to this escalatory step, and even more so to an attempt to humiliate one of Europe’s key countries, will be clear and strong from all partners,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, Ursula von der Leyen announced that the European Union will launch the Eastern Flank Watch program to strengthen real-time monitoring of countries sharing borders with Russia.

“We will build a drone wall,” she said.

• Polish Armed Forces’ Operational Command put air defense systems and aviation on highest alert due to Russia’s night attack on Ukraine: Russian drones violated the country’s airspace. Search continues for downed drone sites.
• As a result of a Russian attack on the night of September 10, drone debris fell on a residential building in a village in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship. No one was injured.