Hungarian special services announced the discovery of two Ukrainian spies

The Hungarian National Security Service has uncovered two Ukrainian spies working and collecting information on Hungarian territory, Hungarian Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Relations Zoltan Kovacs said on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter) on May 20.

He said that one of the spies, Roland Tseber, is an illegal Ukrainian intelligence officer who established ties with the Hungarian opposition in order to influence Hungary's position on the Ukrainian conflict. The second spy is a citizen of Ukraine, Istvan Hollo, who was engaged in military and energy espionage "related to the military needs of Ukraine."

The leader of the Fidesz faction, Mate Kocis, said that this activity "corresponds to a classic influence operation aimed at discrediting Hungary at the international level and putting pressure on the government to change its policy towards Ukraine."

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Kiev accused Budapest of preparing a military invasion

On May 16, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the actions of Ukraine, which had instructed its special services to launch a secret operation against Hungary, a member of NATO, were absolutely unacceptable. He stressed that Ukraine had organized a "well-coordinated, state-funded campaign of disinformation and defamation" against Hungary.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on May 15 that anti-Hungarian propaganda was intensifying in Ukraine. Szijjarto stressed that Kiev, as well as Brussels and Warsaw, are intensifying a campaign aimed at discrediting Hungarian interests and preventing the Hungarian people from expressing their opinion on Ukraine's possible accession to the European Union (EU).