Romanian Soccer Followers Chanted 'Putin' Throughout Euro 2024 Match Towards Ukraine?

On June 17, 2024, X person @MyLordBebo posted a video and claimed it confirmed Romanian soccer followers chanting “Putin” throughout that nation’s opening recreation in opposition to Ukraine within the 2024 UEFA European Soccer Championship in Germany (archived here).

“Romanian followers chanted ‘Putin!’ In the course of the Euro 2024 match in opposition to Ukraine. The Ukrainian workforce misplaced to the Romanian workforce with a rating of 0:3. Ufff,” the caption learn.

Within the clip, supporters can seemingly be heard chanting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s title twice after a few drum beats, adopted by extra drumming.

A location tag within the footage accurately stated the sport happened on the Allianz Area in Munich, Germany.

The MyLordBebo video had amassed greater than 1.8 million views on the time of this writing.

Similar posts appeared elsewhere on X in June, with one Spanish X user calling the mantra “absolute comedy.”

The claim additionally cropped up in quite a few Facebook posts and multiple TikTok videos.

Nevertheless, it was unclear whether or not the audio was authentically from the clip MyLordBebo posted. Many X customers claimed the audio was edited or got here from one other recording, whereas others claimed the audio was reputable. Snopes couldn’t decide which was true, which is why we have now rated this declare “Unproven.”

One X person claimed this video, posted by X person @GiggiGLAU, contained the unique audio. The person mentioned the @GiggiGLAU video confirmed Romanian followers chanting “Putin khuylo” — which roughly means “Putin is s***” in Ukrainian. Different X users additionally claimed @GiggiGLAU’s video contained the actual audio. Nevertheless, Snopes couldn’t set up whether or not this was the unique audio.

Different X users claimed the audio within the MyLordBebo video was edited. Some said the audio within the video got here from old footage captured on the 2020 European Championships, however that the MyLordBebo audio eliminated the phrase “khuylo” (which may be heard at 00:15 within the old footage). Nevertheless, Snopes might additionally not set up whether or not the audio was edited.

German information outlet Bild mentioned Romania’s followers had been supportive of Ukraine initially of the match. The newspaper reported: “The 40,000 or so Romanian followers began chanting ‘Ukraine’ loudly within the early levels and confirmed their solidarity with their neighbouring nation. Goosebumps!”

In the meantime, Ukrainian information outlet The New Voice of Ukraine published an article on June 17, 2024, which contained a unique video of Ukrainian followers reportedly singing “Putin khuylo” earlier than their recreation in opposition to Romania.

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