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Side sperg, but if anyone has an answer to this, I'd love to know as well.(Why the fuck are we spelling it Kyiv now?)
The closest approximation to the spoken sound in written English is Kiev (ok, maybe Kiyev). It's Киев in proper Cyrillic ( К = k, и = e, е = ye, в = v), and even in the bastardised Cyrillic of the Radioactive Borderlands it's Київ (К= k, и = e, ї = yi, в = v).
"Kyiv", in the mutant Cyrillic that is Ukranian, would be "Кїв". THAT IS NOT IT'S FUCKING NAME.
This is some Latinx bullshit and I want the retard behind it tracked down and beaten with with a stick.
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