Hungary Accused of Leaking EU Diplomatic Deliberations to Russia During Active Conflict

The Washington Post reported that Hungary's Foreign Minister Szijjarto 'regularly called his Russian counterpart Lavrov during breaks in EU meetings to provide direct reports on what was discussed.' The European Commission demanded clarification, Germany called the allegations 'very serious,' and Poland's PM Tusk said it 'shouldn't come as a surprise.' The alleged intelligence leak to a nation actively providing targeting intelligence to Iran represents a counterintelligence failure within the NATO alliance — directly relevant as the IC relies on allied intelligence-sharing arrangements now complicated by questions about information security within EU diplomatic channels.