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The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Kyiv

FOUND: Ukraine says it has busted hungarian spy ring collecting military data | Mind Blowing Facts

Members of Ukraine’s 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade hold rifles as they take part in field training
Members of Ukraine’s 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The SBU claimed the spy ring had engaged in the collection of information on military defences in western Ukraine. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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