Who is the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’? Story of Ukrainian ace pilot goes viral
Unconfirmed reports of an ace Ukrainian fighter pilot have gone viral, with social media users dubbing the fighter the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
Supposedly downing as many as six Russian planes in the first day of combat, the Ghost of Kyiv — and their MiG-29 Fulcrum — quickly became a folk hero in a war breathlessly watched online.
According to one widely circulated post, the Ghost of Kyiv is believed to have shot down four Russian fighter jets — two Su-35 Flankers, one Su-27 Flanker and one MiG-29 Fulcrum — as well as two ground-attack aircraft, so-called Su-25 Frogfoots.
Rumors from the Ukraine frontline calling a fighter pilot the “Ghost of Kyiv” alleges he has downed 6 Russian jets already. THIS. HITS. HARD. 🇺🇦💥🇺🇦#GhostOfKyiv #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/mlghVIySVB
— 𝕊𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕥 𝕄. 🇺🇸 (@RandomHeroWX) February 25, 2022
'The Ghost of Kyiv' Ukraine Ace
Flying a Mig-29 has downed
-2 SU-25 planes
-2 SU 35 fighters
-1 Su-27
-1 MiG-29He is the real 🐐 pic.twitter.com/4CuRZnP67p
— Dolphin (@dolphin_7106) February 25, 2022
I hope he’s real because this is the shit that legends are made of.
Surely you know to discount 99% of the “news” that comes out of a war zone. Heck, probably 99% of the news period. Yeah, it’d be nice if it were true, but hard to believe right off.
Right, to the underdog its a Turkey Shoot.
WTF is up with the “so-called Su-25 Frogfoots” language? Why wasn’t it also “so-called” SU-27 Flanker or “so-called” Mig-29 Fulcrum?
“The first casualty in war is Truth.”
Nonetheless, I hope somebody’s giving the Russian Air Force a hard time.
I’m leaning towards “not true”
Not paying too much attention to the details of what’s going on, but one report had 7 Soviet planes downed already?