Maybe the Russians got lost
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is it pronounced ki-ev or ki-yev? that could be a hint...
Hmm. Russians would probably pronounce it Kee-ehv, but it sounds to me like there is a very slight (English) "yeh", not as noticeable in Russian. Not sure how Ukrainians pronounce it, but it still doesn't make sense to change the i to a y when writing it in English.
The cyrillic "е" is pronounced "ye" in Russian so "Киев" in Russian is pronounced "key-yev" and the Ukranian "language" pronounces it "key-iv" and the wordmasters are trying to make sure we say it the Ukrainian way so we do not legitimize Russia and that "key-yev" is the correct historical pronunciation
I've heard they say "Keev".