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Mystery 'Phantom Farter' Disrupts EU Summit Press Briefing Room
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News18•17-10-2026, 13:28
Mystery 'Phantom Farter' Disrupts EU Summit Press Briefing Room
- •Journalists covering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the EU summit in Brussels were distracted by a bizarre and foul smell.
- •A recurring fetid odor repeatedly forced reporters out of the European Council press briefing room.
- •Correspondent Shankkar Aiyar shared the hilarious incident on X, noting that a similar emission ruined a diplomatic briefing the previous evening.
- •Politico Europe also highlighted the strange occurrence on social media, sparking viral jokes and amusing theories from internet users.
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Journalists covering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's high-stakes EU summit in Brussels were repeatedly forced to flee the European Council press briefing room due to a bizarre, eye-watering foul smell.
Political economy analyst and correspondent Shankkar Aiyar shared the hilarious incident on X, noting that reporters had to deal with a fetid smell during both the main waiting period and a prior diplomatic briefing.
Politico Europe highlighted the mystery with a post asking who kept farting in the briefing room, which prompted various jokes from netizens, including theories about a new form of Russian hybrid warfare.
