No, the "Ghost of Kyiv" was not a single person.

[ColinC]

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=PqNTqPtdNO2f5dow8RyjGQ

Ukraine’s Air Force asks to stop producing stupid fake stories. Pilot Serhiy Tarabalka was not “the Ghost of Kyiv” and he did not have 40 (!!) air victories. He was killed in combat on March 13. “The Ghost of Kyiv” is a meme, a collective image of all Ukrainian fighter pilots."

The "Ghost of Kyiv" lives on. You cannot kill a myth.

[Deuxcents]

1. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[ColinC]

2. From the responses

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=goc1jTLNvX9ZYI3w-Eh3rw

Another person said "if you ask me, all of Ukraine is the Ghost of Kyiv"

[Celerity]

3. Thank you for posting this.

Sláva Ukrayíni!

[LudwigPastorius]

4. I believe it was the great poet, Marvin Gaye, who said,...

"believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear"

[ggma]

5. Gladys Knight

sang it first. 😉

ggma

[LudwigPastorius]

7. Well, Smokey Robinson actually, but...

Marvin's is the definitive version, IMHO.

[ggma]

8. I agree!

But The Wiki said Gladys...I actually remember because when it came out, I thought he was stepping on Gladys' toes, but Marvin's version got the people up and on the floor!
gg

[heckles65]

6. This reminds me of the mythical

Col. Tomb of the North Vietnamese air force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tomb

[oldsoftie]

9. That was rumored to be a Russian pilot. Chinese also shot down US jets.