Diplomatic spat erupts between Hungary and Poland over views on Russia

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they pose for a group photo during an Nuclear Energy Summit at the Expo in Brussels (Virginia Mayo/AP)

A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions within Europe over how to deal with with Russia when it is waging war on Ukraine.

Poland, like Germany, France and most other European nations, is a staunch ally of Ukraine while Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban is widely considered to have the warmest relations with the Kremlin among all EU leaders.