The “Ghost of kyiv” is a myth, Ukrainian officials admitted over the weekend.
After several media outlets last week identified the “legendary and mysterious pilot hero of combat”, as an alleged father of Years after he died in a battle against the Russians, military officials acknowledged last Saturday that no such person existed.
“¡ The ghost of kyiv is a superhero legend, whose character was created by the Ukrainians!” The Ukrainian Air Force Command wrote on Facebook.
The supposed hero had been credited with having shot down even 40 Russian planes until it was allegedly hit by shells in the past 13 of March while fighting an “overwhelming” number of enemy forces, the Times of London reported. distinguished war, it was not the “Ghost of kyiv”, because such a person never existed, according to Ukraine.
A MiG-29 Fulcrum, as the one believed to be piloting the “Ghost of kyiv”. (Credit: Hristo Rusev/Getty Images)
“Ukrainian hero Stepan Tarabalka is NOT the ‘Ghost of kyiv’ and did NOT shoot down 35 planes”, said the Air Force Command of the country.
On the other hand, “the nickname of the “Ghost of kyiv” belongs collectively to all Ukrainian fighter pilot heroes,” military officials said.
“The #GhostOfKyiv is alive. It embodies the collective spirit of the highly skilled pilots of the Tactical Aviation Brigade who are successfully defending #Kyiv and the region,” the command tweeted.
The information about the death of the The Ghost of #Kyiv is incorrect. The #GhostOfKyiv is alive, it embodies the collective spirit of the highly qualified pilots of the Tactical Aviation Brigade who are successfully defending #Kyiv and the region.
— Ukrainian Air Force (@KpsZSU) May 1, 2022
Previously, the Ukrainian government had been instrumental in creating and perpetuating the myth of a single pilot brave and particularly successful fighter.
“People call him the Ghost of kyiv. And rightfully so,” the government tweeted in February about the alleged mystery figure, saying the pilot had “already become a nightmare for the invading Russian planes.”
But many people questioned whether the “Ghost” was real, since a video purporting to be evidence of the wrestler turned out to be from a video game. .
#stoprussia Що виробляє цей український ас 😳🤜
——————————————– МіГ-29 Повітряних Сил ЗСУ знищує “нєімєющій аналогов” Су-25 російських окупантів ❌❌❌ pic.twitter.com/z6YVnm8ezo— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) February 13, 2022
Several experts analyzed that the reported folk hero and his MiG-29 Fulcrum would not have the ammunition capacity to carry out the attacks attributed to it.
Still, many people were eager to celebrate the supposedly enigmatic pilot, who, they say, gives hope to the Ukrainian people, who were besieged last February by the Russian army.
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