France's Security Committee's (PSC) Permanent Representative, Mathilde Felix-Paganon (C) shakes hands with Slovenia's Defence Minister Valentin Hajdinjak (R) as she arrives to attend an informal meeting of EU defence ministers (FAC Defence) at Druids Glen in Wicklow, south of Dublin, Ireland, on September 1, 2026. EU defence and foreign ministers gathering in Ireland from September 1 will grapple with bolstering Ukraine's air defences amid growing worries over Russia's campaign to destabilise Kyiv's European backers. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images)