Yes, the parent is inexplicably confusing myths being spread in English language western social media like Reddit with the belief of the Ukrainian people, and in turn confusing the belief of the Ukrainian people with government propaganda. It is unclear why anyone would distract from the underlying conversation about brutal and total censorship of the press in Russia to talk about how some gullible rubes retweeted footage from a video game once.

Some of them definitely do. I've watched a few broadcasts from a Ukrainian twitch streamer who remains in Kiev and people are excitedly discussing latest exploits of the ghost of Kiev in chat.