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#1
when did they change kiev to kyiv and why



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#2
It was in the Soviet union, and it was because of the russian language spelling at the time



#3
It will get absorbed into Russia now.



#4
>when did they change kiev to kyiv and why
You can't expect reporters to actually be able to spell. They can barely survive a day suffering on social media without 12 cups of Starbucks, so you can't realistically expect them to spell, correctly or phonetically.
In both Russian and Ukrainian, Kiev is literally Kee-yev. So this Kyiv bullshit is just that.