The Ukrainian government has seized on unsubstantiated rumours that an unnamed MiG-29 fighter pilot dubbed the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ has downed several Russian jets by sharing a macho propaganda video containing footage from a videogame.
Twitter is alight with clips that allegedly show a Ukrainian jet soaring through the skies over several cities and shooting down six Kremlin planes in dogfights on the first day of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive war against the former Soviet republic.
However, one video which got nearly 5million views and spawned the rumours has been thoroughly debunked as a clip from the 2008 videogame Digital Combat Simulator, with a Reuters Fact Check concluding: ‘A vertical video shared online does not show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down a Russian plane, but comes from the videogame DCS.’
Despite this, Kyiv is now openly promoting claims that the unnamed pilot exists, in an apparent bid to rally the besieged nation behind an urban hero and fuel support for Ukraine’s war effort.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10556785/Is-Ghost-Kyiv-REAL.html
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this ghost of Kiev story is so fake and gay
I'm a Former command and control guy from USAF and there is ZERO percent chance that an old Mig, firing old missiles, takes out 6 superior pilots/aircraft/missiles/targeting system. ZERO
I'm a former Aviation Ordnanceman, U S. Navy. I agree with your assessment. Gen3 planes/weapons don't fare well against Gen4/Gen5 tech. Ukraine's pilots don't even tank among the Too 10 in terms of military training, strength, etc.
Yes. Yes, it is.
Oh no we’ve got an iyaoyas here.
Damn fucking right!!!! IYOAYAS!!!!
You, too?
Nope lol. I’m a pilot but I love my AOs!
And sadly I see so many of our folks sharing this propaganda.
Were you CCT?
TACP
Thank you!
This is what happens when the corrupt media apparatus is met with weaponized autism.
Small clarification.... It's from DCS, and it's a sim, not a vidya, and it's really hard. But, look up some "DCS films" on YouTube, the graphics are pretty realistic
Did you know….
DCS, which stands for Digital Combat Simulator, is a crazy realistic flight sim with a deep fan base and community…
And the team that develops it? Originally from Moscow, Russia :)
COD Ghost of Kiev coming in 2022.
And when it is finally revealed who the ghost is it will be a 400lb African American transgender.
With a pansexual nonbinary significant other
I'm sure Netflix already has the script written.
Brandon's air force.
B.AR.F
These are the real ghosts of Kiev.. Ukrainian MiG-29s at Ivano-Frankovsk AFB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1IpoeoyMLw
Oddly enough "Enemy at the Gates" has been one of the movies streaming free while I work in the garage.
"The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope."
I remember the parts where the propagandist is making up an entire past for the guy, and also right before the climax he starts trying to denounce him after he banged the woman he had eyes on.
Ghost of Kiev must be a player name. Look for it.