Ukraine accuses duo of spying for Hungary
aljazeera.comPublished: 5/9/2025
Summary
Hungary, whose government maintains support of Russian narratives over war in Ukraine, is accused of seeking defence data. Ukraine has detained two people who it accuses of spying for Hungarian military intelligence. Hungary, meanwhile, responded to what it called “propaganda” by expelling two people at the Ukrainian embassy in Budapest on Friday. Relations between Kyiv and Budapest have long been strained, but the antipathy has grown amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We do not tolerate that Ukraine should continuously launch such defamatory acts against Hungary and the Hungarian people,” Szijjarto said in a Facebook video on Friday.