Defense Ministry State Secretary Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa said documents and sound recordings presented at a meeting of parliament's defense committee clearly showed that Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, the opposition Tisza Party's defense spokesman, who was formerly Hungary's chief of staff, had declared "Slava Ukraini", or "Glory to Ukraine".

Barthel-Rúzsa told a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of the committee held behind closed doors that all participants at the meeting could hear that "it is true that Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi made the remarks glorifying Ukraine" as reported in the press.

The documents clearly proved that as chief of staff, Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi represented a position at a NATO meeting of chiefs of staff that went against the government's pro-peace position and the instructions he had been given, Barthel-Rúzsa said.

"Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi intentionally and in a premeditated manner risked the Hungarian people's security and betrayed the Hungarian people, his fellow soldiers and Hungary," Barthel-Rúzsa added.