Eugene McParland 🇺🇦

Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack Donald Tusk’s accusation that #Hungary may have leaked sensitive European Council discussions to moscow — and what that means for trust, decision-making and Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s position in Brussels.

Brussels Playbook Podcast 📎

https://www.politico.eu/podcast/brussels-playbook-podcast/is-hungary-leaking-eu-secrets-a-crisis-of-trust-in-brussels/

#EU cuts #Hungary out of sensitive talks over leaking-to-russia fears, diplomats say

🖊️ Gabriel Gavin and Nicholas Vinocur

Hungarian foreign minister was accused of passing information from closed-door talks to moscow.

The #EU is limiting the flow of confidential material to #Hungary and leaders are meeting in smaller groups — as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of long-standing suspicions Viktor Orbán’s government is sharing information with russia.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-hungary-leak-russia-peter-szijjarto

Tusk says no 'surprise' #Hungary leaks to moscow from #EU summits

🖊️ Leonie Cater

"We've had our suspicions about that for a long time," Tusk said after Washington Post report on Hungarian foreign minister.

https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-donald-tusk-no-surprise-hungary-leak-russia-eu-summit

sergey mironov, a 73-year-old russian politician, illegally adopted a Ukrainian girl from #Kherson in 2022.

Her older sister remains in #Ukraine, and her guardians are trying to reunite the sisters.

mironov altered the child’s identity, erasing her Ukrainian heritage. The forced transfer of children is a war crime, and this must not be forgotten.

putin is counting on Western disunity to hand him victory in #Ukraine

🖊️ Mykola Bielieskov

putin, unable to defeat Ukraine militarily, is betting on Western disunity to secure victory. Despite battlefield stagnation and high costs, he rejects compromise, believing time and fracturing Western support - amplified by political shifts in the US and Europe - will force Ukraine’s surrender.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-is-counting-on-western-disunity-to-hand-him-victory-in-ukraine/