PM says operation followed ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’. Plus, New Mexico to be first state to offer free universal childcare

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Polish and Nato air defenses shot down several drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday morning, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory in the most significant way since the war began.

Is this a first? A stray Ukrainian missile struck a southern Polish village in 2022, killing two people, but there have previously been no reports of Polish or other Nato defence forces destroying drones.

Could it be an accident? The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, does not think so owing to the number of drones that entered Polish airspace. In his view “Moscow is always testing the limits of the possible, and if it does not meet a strong reaction, moves to a new level of escalation”.

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How significant is this? A Georgia-based immigration attorney based said it was “outrageous” and emphasised that it was illegal to detain a valid visa-holder in this way.

Are there others? Attorneys working on the case had already claimed that immigrants with a valid working status were swept up alongside the people allegedly working unlawfully, and placed in removal proceedings. That view was backed up by an agency official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive government matters.