The Russian government claims Ukraine is planning attacks on NATO, citing a Hungarian articleCiting Hungarian media, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, alleged that Ukraine is preparing sabotage operations in NATO member states, later blaming them on Russia: a claim tied to a single Hungarian article quoting an anonymous Telegram post. “Several Hungarian media outlets reported on Zelensky’s plans to carry out sabotage in Romania and Poland in order to blame Russia.”, Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram. Photo: Facebook/Orbán ViktorDespite this, Zakharova cited “several Hungarian media outlets” in her post, directly referencing the Pestisrácok.hu piece, effectively amplifying an unverified Hungarian article into the international information space. The first link in a disinformation chainZakharova’s Telegram post was flagged by Péter Buda, a former senior Hungarian national security officer. “First, a source-free Telegram post appears, which is then quoted in a Hungarian article.