VILE football fans sparked outrage after they chanted Vladimir Putin’s name to Ukrainian football fans during last night’s Champions League game.
The horrific incident took place on Wednesday during the second leg of the qualifier in the second round between Fenerbache and Dynamo Kiev at the Ulker Stadium in Turkey.
A large part of the crowd started to sing the Russian president that of Putin name in a morbid act against the Ukrainian side amid the devastating war between the two countries.
Ukrainian midfielder Vitaliy Buyalskyi scored the first goal of the draw in the 57th minute to give Dynamo the lead, sparking horrific chants from Fenerbahçe supporters.
Many people are now urging UEFA to ban the Turkish side from all competitions.
Some took to Twitter to share their outrage, with one person saying: “UEFA please ban Fenerbahçe from all your events. This is disgusting, pathetic and infuriating.”
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Zelensky names own party MP as attorney general
Zelensky has nominated Andriy Kostin, a lawmaker from the president’s Servant of the People party, as the country’s next Attorney General.
Zelensky made a formal request to parliament to allow the assembly to vote to confirm the nomination of Kostin to replace Iryna Venediktova, who was ousted as attorney general earlier this month.
It was not immediately clear when parliament will vote on Kostin’s appointment.