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,

Ukraine says it has expelled two Hungarian diplomats hours after the country’s main security agency said that it had arrested two people on suspicion of spying for Hungary by gathering intelligence on Ukraine’s military in the west of the country.

Ukraine's security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about military defences on its border with Hungary.