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It’s Kyiv not Kiev. A propaganda war on all fronts by multiple actors including non aligned actors.

• sschueller 5y ago
  "Kyiv (/kiːv/ KEEV)[10][citation needed] or Kiev (/ˈkiːɛv/ KEE-ev;[11][12] Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyïv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine..." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv Both are correct and with 30% of Ukrainians speaking Russian they would pronounce it as Kiev. This is like nit picking French Swiss saying Genève while German Swiss say Genf. Both are correct.
  • nezgar 5y ago
    This is a good article on the topic I came across today: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-pronunciation-kyiv-ukraine-crisis-explainer-1.6371766 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-pronunciation-kyiv-ukraine... Boils down to that the Ukrainian vs Russian pronunciation is now political...
  • nezgar 5y ago
    Well... Ukrainian is Ukraines official language, so it makes sense to me to use the spelling derived from the official & most widely spoken language of the country. Unlike Switzerland which has three official languages.
    • sschueller 5y ago
      We have 4 official languages and English is not one of them.