Anyone remember during the early reports about the Russian Ukrainian conflict how the ghost of kiev was a subject of discussion?

Well idk what plane it was I do know that ac7 had a few mods that had custom liveries

We all want the "Ghost of Kyiv" to be true, but all signs point to this unfortunately not being the case. However, in an effort to prevent people from spamming this story to this subreddit multiple times a minute (which is what we were dealing with when this story caught fire yesterday), we've turned this PSA into a megathread and are bending our normal rules to allow discussion of this subject.

The "Ghost of Kiev" is a false rumor apparently started by a War Thunder youtuber.

As Defense Journalist and military aviation expert Steve Trimble implies, this story simply isn't plausible from a technical perspective.

See this comment for more information on why this can't be true.

Update: The War Thunder youtuber who irresponsibly started this rumor is now trying to walk it back.

Update 2: It appears that the plan was to merchandise this rumor all along.

Update 3: We've unlocked this thread and actually turned it into a real megathread - but discussion needs to stay respectful and on-topic. This is not an excuse to post politics - please stick to this particular story.

Update 4: Changed this messaging to a more neutral tone. The original messaging was more hostile than it needed to be, to discourage the spam we were receiving at the time. We'll try to do better in the future.

Update 5: I can't believe I have to say this, but there is no information to support today's rumor of a Russian ace called "The Black Bear", either. Information warfare is part of warfare, people.

Update 6: Congrats ya'll, you're famous.