The already icy relationship between Hungary and Ukraine took a sharp turn for the worse late last week after both nations expelled two of each other’s diplomats in a tit-for-tat espionage row that reveals not only worsening bilateral tensions but also raises fresh doubts about Ukraine’s readiness to join the European Union. The diplomatic spat exploded after Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced Friday that it had dismantled what it described as a ‘Hungarian military intelligence network’ operating in Ukraine’s western Transcarpathia region, a historically Hungarian-influenced area that is home to over 150,000 ethnic Hungarians. According to the SBU, two former Ukrainian military personnel—described as a man and a woman—were arrested on charges of treason and accused of passing military and social intelligence to Hungarian handlers,…
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