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Ghost of Kyiv, painting by Ukrainian illustrator Andrii Dankovych.. The Ghost of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Привид Києва, romanized: Pryvyd Kyieva, [1] pronounced [ˈprɪʋɪd ˈkɪjeʋɐ]) is the nickname given to a mythical [2] [3] [4] MiG-29 Fulcrum flying ace credited with shooting down six Russian planes over Kyiv during the Kyiv offensive on 24 February 2022.
Ghost of Kyiv, painting by Ukrainian illustrator Andrii Dankovych. On the second day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, videos and picture went viral on social media, with claims that a Ukrainian pilot nicknamed the "Ghost of Kyiv" had shot down 6 Russian fighter jets in the first 30 hours of the war. There is no credible evidence that he ...
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Ukrainians are particularly vulnerable to digital disinformation; more than three-quarters of the population get their news from social media, far more than any other source of information ...
One aspect of Ukrainian propaganda is the desire to evoke an emotional response from the audience and to spread dramatic wartime stories. Ukrainian media have been accused of telling propaganda stories and urban legends [2] such as the "Ghost of Kyiv" [3] or the "Guardians of Snake Island." [4]
On 30 April 2022, Ukraine's Air Force Command admitted the mythical status of the "Ghost of Kyiv," writing that the "Ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend, whose character was created by Ukrainians," [76] and that the "#GhostOfKyiv is alive, it embodies the collective spirit of the highly qualified pilots". [77]