'Phantom farter' in press briefing room forces journalists to flee before Zelenskyy's presser. Journalists waiting for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's media interaction at EU Summit reported a foul smell that forces them to flee the press briefing room. Associating the smell with a "phantom farter", POLITICO Europe dubbed it "who keeps farting in the press briefing room?" "Wish the mystery malodorer would take themselves outside...before people pass out," a correspondent said.