For the first time in history, the Security Service of Ukraine has exposed a Hungarian military intelligence agent network that was spying against our state.
The SBU press service has reported this.
The agents' task was to collect information about the military security of the Zakarpattia Region, search for vulnerabilities in the region's ground and air defense, and study the socio-political views of local residents: in particular, scenarios of their behavior if Hungarian troops enter the region.
Who was detained?
The SSU exposed two agents from the Hungarian special service network. The curator of both suspects was a Hungarian military intelligence officer, whose identity had already been identified by the Security Service.
One of the agents was a 40-year-old former military man from the Berehove District, who was recruited by foreigners and put into "standby mode" back in 2021. The curator "activated" this agent in September 2024.
Then the traitor was tasked with studying the mood of the local population and obtaining the following information:
- what will be the reaction of the military and civilian population of the Zakarpattia if a peacekeeping contingent, in particular the Hungarian military, enters the region;
- what military equipment and weapons can be purchased on the black market of the Zakarpattia;
- what is the situation with the migration of the Hungarian population in the region;
- what military forces are located in the Zakarpattia, how much transport and combat vehicles are there;
- how well equipped are the law enforcement agencies and what is their number, etc.
After that, the agent personally scouted the location of the Defense Forces and the coordinates of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in the region.
After collecting intelligence, he left for Hungary to report to the curator. To cross the border, the traitor issued a certificate of a caregiver for a sick father who needs treatment in foreign institutions.
During the meeting, the Hungarian intelligence officer handed over the agent the money that was intended for the implementation of the assigned tasks. Among other things, the traitor was looking for a network of informants. The SSU established that the resident tried to recruit at least two people.
"By forming an agent network, foreign intelligence hoped to expand the range of information collection, including obtaining data from front-line and front-line regions," the report says.
In March of this year, the SSU counterintelligence documented the agent's second meeting with the curator. This time, he received a phone with special software for covert communication.
"Among the traitor's new tasks was to identify official cars belonging to representatives of the Security and Defense Forces in the Zakarpattia region. In addition, the resident was to find and transfer to the Hungarian special services data on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the war and current events from the front line, and has already selected the appropriate contact in the Defense Forces," the SSU says.
Who is the second detained person?
Another detained person is a former servicewoman of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine, who resigned from the unit in 2025. According to available information, among her tasks was informing the Hungarian special services about the presence of aircraft and helicopters in the Zakarpattia Region, as well as about the defense systems of the military unit where she served.
The SSU counterintelligence documented every step of the Hungarian agents and detained the suspects at their places of residence. During the search, phones and other material evidence of subversive activity were seized from them.
What punishment threatens the detainees?
The suspects were informed of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law). The perpetrators are in custody. They face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Currently, comprehensive measures are underway to bring to justice all participants in the Hungarian intelligence agent network.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the Security Service detained two russian agents in Kyiv and Rivne who were searching for the locations of the Third Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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