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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by happytoexplain on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:30PM (#30479659)
The Ukrainian and Russian alphabets have different glyphs and pronunciations for a few letters. In Ukrainian, it is Ки́їв, and in Russian, it is Ки́ев. They Romanize differently, and it is considered a sign of solidarity with Ukraine to use their spelling/pronunciation.
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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by aix1 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:50PM (#30479859)
Just wanted to note that the acute accent over the и (in both Russian and Ukrainian) indicates the stress and is only used in fairly narrow contexts such as dictionary entries.

Normally it's just Киев/Київ.

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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by happytoexplain on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:52PM (#30479871)
Thanks, I was just wondering about that.
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