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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by Mikeb85 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:54PM (#30479894)
Ukraine changed the "official" way to transliterate Ukrainian words from Cyrillic to English some time ago, to closer match the way it's actually pronounced. Plus some changes from Russian to Ukrainian when the country started promoting the Ukrainian language (they're very close, but not quite the same).

Kiev -> Kyiv. Kharkov -> Kharkiv. Zelensky should be spelt Zelenskiy (as per his official social media). Vladimir -> Volodymyr, Mikhail -> Mykhailo, etc...

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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by rootusrootus on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:27PM (#30482122)
> Zelenskiy (as per his official social media)

On his Twitter, he spells it Zelenskyy

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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by Mikeb85 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:44PM (#30482272)
On Instagram it's Zelenskiy. Also in Cyrillic the last 2 letters are different...
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Re:Residential building struck by a missile in southwestern ... by rootusrootus on Saturday February 26, 2022 @05:46PM (#30482728)
On his official government page [1] it's Zelenskyy. And on his passport, apparently.

[1] https://www.president.gov.ua

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