Ukraine and Hungary said on Friday they were expelling two diplomats each after each side accused the other of engaging in espionage. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, writing on the X social media platform,

Hungary's foreign ministry then responded to the allegations by expelling two Ukrainian diplomats, accusing them of engaging in Ukraine's own espionage activities. The incident marks the first time in Ukraine's history that a Hungarian espionage operation had been discovered,

Ukraine said Friday it had exposed a network of Hungarian spies trying to obtain defense secrets in a border region of Ukraine – the first time it said such an operation has been discovered.