My editor and I have had this discussion several times lately. Which one? Kiev or Kyiv? We don’t write Roma for Rome, but we do now write Mumbai rather than Bombay. And really, there’s not a ...

On the surface, the Kiev/Kyiv debate seems similar, though it is far less heated. The official language of the country is Ukrainian. The city, in the predominantly Ukrainian-speaking west of the ...

UKRAINE is locked in an ongoing battle against Russia's rule, and now the correct spelling of its capital has never been more important. Here's why you should say Kyiv not Kiev.

The BBC now uses 'Kyiv' in all its written articles, with a search of its website showing 'Kiev' was last used on January 29. Today, a BBC source told MailOnline the 'KEE-eve' pronunciation has ...

How to pronounce and spell Kyiv is not a matter of personal choice. It’s political, and it matters. By adopting "Kyiv" we're siding with Ukraine – the country known as the " breadbasket of ...

Moscow pounded Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine with the largest missile and drone attack since the three-year war in Eastern ...

Kyiv not Kiev. KEE-eve not KEE-yev." "Kiev" comes from Russian, and Ukraine has been campaigning for the Ukrainian spelling and pronunciation since the 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Kyiv or Kiev? If you thought the city was named “Kiev,” there’s a reason for that. “Kiev” is what the city was called when it was under Soviet rule, and the name changed when Ukraine ...

Kyiv has been capital of Ukraine since the 20th century Credit: AFP Why should we call it Kyiv not Kiev? Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military invasion of neighbouring Ukraine ...

Kyiv, not Kiev — Kyiv Independent community helps rename street in Oregon. Anna Fratsyvir, The Kyiv Independent news desk. Wed, June 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM UTC. 2 min read. A ...

Kiev is the Russian name for Kyiv. A March 4 post shared the same image, saying an angel had appeared over Kyiv that day. Another post shared several other images of purported sightings of angel ...

This week, NPR decided to officially adapt on-the-air pronunciation of Kyiv, the capital formerly spelled Kiev, to sound closer to the way it's said in Ukrainian. NPR already changed the spelling ...