Cyprus is increasingly being pulled into the conflict.
A drone strike hit a runway at the British RAF Akrotiri base earlier, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said, prompting Nicosia to cancel an informal meeting of EU affairs ministers.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would deploy the destroyer HMS Dragon, while French President Emmanuel Macron announced France would send a frigate and air-defense systems to the island.
With Greek F-16s now on the island and European warships moving into the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus will continue to be the epicenter of EU concern about the war spilling over onto its territory.