Two Ukrainians arrested as authorities claim operation had one eye on a possible future military incursion

Two Ukrainians arrested as authorities claim operation had one eye on a possible future military incursion

Ukrainian authorities claim to have busted a Hungarian spy ring operating on its territory, alleging that Budapest was collecting sensitive military data with one eye on a possible future incursion into the west of the country.

Hungary’s foreign minister dismissed the accusations as “propaganda” and announced the expulsion of two Ukrainians described as “spies working under diplomatic cover” at the Ukrainian embassy in Budapest.

The allegations will further test already fraught relations between the two neighbouring countries. While Hungary is a member of Nato and the EU, its prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has been an outlier among European leaders, strongly critical of Kyiv and neutral towards Russia.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      I know you are not malicious, but conflating Hungary, the will of the Hungarian people and the actions of the Orbán government is the cornerstone of Orbán’s propaganda. Please don’t do it.

      The actual Hungarian people overwhelmingly support Ukraine and its defense, and would like to see it as an EU member. When the Russian total offensive started in 2022, people in Hungary were getting in their cars, packing them full of groceries, and driving hundreds of kilometres to the Ukrainian border to help refugees, with exactly zero prompting or help or even acknowledgement from the government.