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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 2 March 2022, Military.com stated that the "Ghost of Kyiv" was "almost certainly a myth, albeit an incredibly useful one as Ukraine tries to rally its citizens to resist Russian conquest". [74] On 29 April 2022, after Ukrainian fighter pilot Stepan Tarabalka died in action, The Times falsely claimed that Tarabalka was the "Ghost of Kyiv". [75]
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 ...
Ukraine's Air Force said the Ghost of Kyiv is not a real person, debunking reports claiming that the legendary pilot had died.
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[7] [8] International media speculated whether the so-called "Ghost of Kyiv" and Tarabalka were in fact the same person, or whether the Ghost legend was simply made up [9] and then applied to Tarabalka after his death, when his success against the Russian Air Force was known. [7]
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Tarabalka was hinted by Western media to be the Ghost of Kyiv. [14] On 13 March, Aliaksiej Skoblia, a Belarusian volunteer and member of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and deputy Commander of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion was killed in an ambush in the outskirts of Kyiv. [15] [16]