The rising legend of a mysterious plane that shot down six Russian planes without major complications, and which was called “The Phantom of Kiev”, has been denied, as it is a clip from the Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) video game , a virtual war game developed by the company Eagle Dynamics.
The alleged Ukrainian plane has become part of the curious and viral stories that have emerged as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, whose repercussion has been remarkable, and a good number of Internet users have believed that it is a true fact, pointed out Reuters.
The Ukrainian military bodies indicated last Thursday that five Russian planes and a helicopter were shot down in the rebel Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine; however, a poorly subtitled simulator clip has been posted showing the plane shooting at another plane in the sky.
In the clip published that same Thursday, in its description it is clarified that the video belongs to Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS), and was made out of respect for the “Ghost of Kiev”.
This information was corroborated by Reuters, who had a communication with Matthias Techmanski, spokesman for Eagle Dynamics, and denied that the alleged “ghost” is real, confirming that the clip belongs to DCS.
“We are not responsible for its distribution, nor do we endorse such content,” Techmanski clarified in the statements to the aforementioned medium.
Many Internet users were convinced of the truth of this information after the former president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, who joined the civil militias of Kiev to confront the offense Russian siva, published an image stating that it was the “ghost” pilot.
“In the photo, the pilot MiG-29. The very ‘Ghost of Kiev’. He provokes terror in the enemies and pride in the Ukrainians. He has six victories over Russian pilots! With such powerful defenders, Ukraine will definitely win,” the former president wrote from his Twitter account.