"We can all be comforted by the thought that he's not really gone, there's a little Tuttle left in all of us, in fact you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle."
Posted on 05/02/2022 12:10:54 AM PDT by Mount Athos
The “Ghost of Kyiv” is a myth, Ukrainian officials admitted over the weekend.
After several news outlets last week identified the legendary, mysterious, hero fighter pilot as a 29-year-old dad recently killed in battle with the Russians, military officials acknowledged Saturday that there was no such person.
“The ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend, whose character was created by Ukrainians!” Ukraine’s Air Force Command wrote on Facebook.
The reputed hero had been credited with taking out as many as 40 Russian aircraft until he was shot down March 13 while battling an “overwhelming” number of enemy forces, the Times of London had reported.
The Times identified the supposed Ukrainian war hero as Major Stepan Tarabalka.
But while Tarabalka was a distinguished war hero, he was not the “Ghost” — because there never was such a person, Ukraine said.
“Hero of Ukraine Stepan Tarabalka is NOT ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ and he did NOT shoot down 40 planes,” said the country’s Air Force Command.
Instead, the moniker belongs collectively to all of Ukraine’s hero fighter pilots, military officials said.
“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,” the command tweeted.
The Ukrainian government had previously been key in creating and perpetuating the myth of a single brave and particularly on-target fighter pilot.
“People call him the Ghost of Kyiv. And rightly so,” the government tweeted in February of the reputed mysterious figure, saying the pilot had “already become a nightmare for invading Russian aircraft.”
But many people questioned whether the “Ghost” was real, as a video purporting to be evidence of the fighter turned out to instead be from a video game.
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HAHAHA!
And I took the Anthrax shots because I was a good sailor back in 1991.
I loved that scene.
Levin Helm was perfect for that part...fit like a hand in a glove. Good actor...even better musician!
"We can all be comforted by the thought that he's not really gone, there's a little Tuttle left in all of us, in fact you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle."
Whatever makes you feel better about being gullible.
I think I saw the Ghost once in Call of Duty 4...
Truly, they’re ALL liars; right now, our government is lying for Ukraine, among other serious issues, such as China and the border. It’s disgusting, really. And mostly because of the Biden crime family.
For the record, I still believe there’s some truth to the WMDs in Iraq story.
And, Ghost or no Ghost, who knows, once this is over, we might hear some true pilot stories about one or more ace pilots on either side.
Lots of aircraft lost so far, so I wonder how many planes have been lost due to air to air.
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ahhh ghostie, we hardly knew ye.
I could smell that BS the moment I first read it.
Everything you hear from Ukraine is a total lie, just like everything you hear from Russia is a lie.
Neither side has told the truth. The Ukrainian lies are the worst as they are giving false hope.
Every snippet of “news” about Ukraine is fake.
All of it.
A month ago, Zelensky banned all news outlets except the official Ukraine government news, and all political parties other than the one that supports him.
Zelensky plays his hand exactly as US/Nato tells him to...everybody knows this or they’re in denial big time.
It’s like people who think Biden is making decisions....and he’s not either.
You should crawl back where you came from, Jermy.
You don't know "Every snippet of “news” so you are just spouting crap.
Just like you did back in your Birftard days.
Get a job.
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