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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.
On 19 May 2023, Pilshchykov tweeted a selfie of himself standing in a front of this mural adding "Waiting for The Ghost Vipers🇺🇦👍". [79] After Pilshchykov died, "Stalker", Andrii's mentor from the "Civil Air Patrol", revealed [4] the origin of the "Ghost of Kyiv" myth: “Stalker” said that the “Ghosts of Kyiv” was Andrii’s idea.
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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Social media has also been the source of largely spontaneous myths about the war, such as the mythical Ghost of Kyiv, a supposed Ukrainian MiG-29 Fulcrum flying ace credited with shooting down six Russian planes over Kyiv during the Kyiv offensive on 24 February 2022. [16] [17]
In February of 2022, an edited image of Hyde was misidentified as the "Ghost of Kyiv" (a Ukrainian fighter pilot who supposedly shot down six Russian planes on February 24, 2022) in popular social media posts including that of Representative Adam Kinzinger. [40]