{"id":515889,"date":"2026-04-06T13:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515889\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:35:13","slug":"serbian-intelligence-chief-says-ukraine-not-involved-in-explosives-plot-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515889\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian intelligence chief\u00a0says Ukraine\u00a0not involved in explosives plot\u00a0 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But \u0110uro Jovani\u0107, director of Belgrade\u2019s counterintelligence Military Security Agency (VBA), <a href=\"https:\/\/n1info.rs\/vesti\/direktor-vba-o-pronalasku-eksploziva-u-kanjizi-tragamo-za-osobom-koja-je-pokusala-diverziju\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said Sunday<\/a> evening it was \u201cnot true that the Ukrainians tried to organize\u201d the plot, which involved \u201cexplosives specially packaged, hermetically sealed, detonator caps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manufacturer of the explosives does not mean that he is also the one who ordered or executed it,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe markings on the explosives show that it was manufactured in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n\u2019s claims of sabotage were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/serbia-hungary-election-turkstream-pipeline-viktor-orban-peter-magyar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">met with skepticism<\/a> by his main opponent in Sunday\u2019s vote, P\u00e9ter Magyar, who is looking to unseat the pro-Russia prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar said Orb\u00e1n, who has made Hungary\u2019s energy security and Budapest\u2019s bitter feud with Kyiv a cornerstone of his campaign, was potentially conducting a false flag operation with the \u201chelp of Serbian and Russian [actors], due to the collapse of the support of Fidesz,\u201d his party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Viktor Orb\u00e1n and his propaganda use this provocation for campaign purposes, it will be an open admission that this is a pre-planned false flag operation,\u201d Magyar added.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson \u201ccategorically\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spoxukrainemfa\/status\/2040809190050955502?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">denied any responsibility<\/a> and hit out at attempts to \u201cfalsely link Ukraine,\u201d adding the alleged plot was \u201cmost probably, a Russian false-flag operation\u201d ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n and his Fidesz party are badly trailing Magyar\u2019s opposition Tisza party in next Sunday\u2019s vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/europe-poll-of-polls\/hungary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to POLITICO\u2019s Poll of Polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>POLITICO contacted the Hungarian and Serbian governments for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But \u0110uro Jovani\u0107, director of Belgrade\u2019s counterintelligence Military Security Agency (VBA), said Sunday evening it was \u201cnot 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