[4][5] On 24 May 2008, Pilshchykov uploaded his first aircraft spotting photo to Ukrainian Spotter's Site with a comment: “Sorry for quality - there was nothing but a mobile phone at hand:(”.

[14] Pilshchykov took to the sky for the first time on Lilienthal X-32-912 Bekas ultralight aircraft with a pilot of Ukrainian community organization the "Civil Air Patrol" (Kharkiv).

In a resignation letter he added a long detailed list of Air Force's organizational issues as the reasons for his decision.

[24][25] In February 2022, from the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion, Pilshchykov decided not to wait for mobilization and returned to the Air Force.

[2] Beginning in March 2022, “Juice” gave several live interviews to CNN in between sorties, without disclosing his name and wearing either a helmet or a bandana over his mouth.

[29] On 2 June 2023, he and fellow pilot Vladyslav Savieliev (call sign "Nomad") completed a successful combat mission in the east, launching HARM missiles from their MiG-29s.

[31][32][33][34] His death was reported by CNN,[35] and widely covered in Ukrainian media, which published full archive photographs where his face can be seen.

[4][37] Pilshchykov was mentioned as an authoritative reference on challenges faced by the Ukrainian Air Force[38][39] and the need to supply F-16 fighters to Ukraine.

The bill was cosponsored by Chrissy Houlahan, Ted Lieu, Susan Wild, Tom Malinowski, Abigail Spanberger and Mike Levin.

[52] He was collaborated with the team of the "Wingmen for Ukraine",[53] an American 501(c)(3) organization created under the name the "Stop the War in Europe" by Anastasiia Armey and her husband, Maj. Drew Armey, a reservist pilot of the 144th Fighter Wing, together with author Adam Makos and Lt. Col. Jonathan "Jersey" Burd, a retired pilot of the 194th Fighter Squadron, who helped to train and strengthen Ukrainian Air Force since 2013.

[58] Pilshchykov also is an author of and idea to launch a custom Lego minifigure the "Ghost of Kyiv - Ukrainian Pilot"[59] in a collaboration with a toys company the Brickmania LLC, were all the benefits from the sales of this minifig are sent to the "Wingmen for Ukraine".

[60][61] In early 2022, the Brickmania company launched the "Ukraine Benefit",[62] a series of custom Lego sets and minifigs, were all "proceeds from these projects will go to benefit United24, Wingmen for Ukraine, Direct Relief, Ukrainian Red Cross, and other organizations directly involved in providing relief to the Ukrainian people".

[73] On 2 March 2022, Military.com stated that the "Ghost of Kyiv" was "almost certainly a myth, albeit an incredibly useful one as Ukraine tries to rally its citizens to resist Russian conquest".

[91] Maria Avdeeva, a Research Director at the European Expert Association in Ukraine,[92] tweeted a video fragment of this conversation.

On 25 August 2024, on the anniversary of the death of "Juice", the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk allowed the pilot's mother to stay in the cockpit of the F-16.

[4] Melaniya Podolyak, a Ukrainian political consultant,[95] activist and the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation project coordinator,[96][97][98] YouTuber and Twitter blogger,[99] tweeted[100][101][102] photos of "Juice" including their selfies together,[103][104] revealing that she was[105] the girlfriend of Andrii Pilshchykov.

She emphasized the importance reforming the Air Force following "Juice's List", in particular introducing modern Western standards and doing away with old Soviet traditions.