'Ghost of Kyiv': the alleged pilot of the Ukrainian armed forces who may have shot down Russian planes

Is it the truth or just propaganda? The file of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published on Friday (11) a photo that would have been of the “Ghost of Kyiv”, a pilot who was to shoot down more than six Russian planes, according to rumors circulating on the network.

since the beginning Invasion of the Russians To the territory of Ukraine, there are speculations about the presence or absence of the “Kyiv ghost”, even in the official files of the Ukrainian government. The character was celebrated by users of social networks.

“Hello, Russian villain, I am flying for your soul – the ghost of Kyiv,” reads a message posted next to the pilot’s photo by the Ukrainian body. The publication contained more than 7,000 shares as of the last update of this report.

At the moment, there is no concrete evidence of the pilot’s existence, and there is a hypothesis that it was merely propaganda to motivate the Ukrainians to resist the invasion.

The ‘Ghost’ video in action is fake

a Real or fake It was established that one of the videos attributed to the pilot was a fake. Pictures circulated on the network showed another fighter falling into the air, with a comment on the character.

However, the footage in the viral video is from a flight simulation game called digital combat simulator (DCS). Game maker Eagle Dynamics confirmed this information to Reuters.