agree i will add a short but impressive list of facts of why it is spelled as kyiv in english language ukrainian government insists on kyiv spelling the state department of the u s issued a directive to write kyiv the prime minister of the u k calls the city kyiv united nations multilingual terminology database the ultimate body on geographical names approved it as kyiv major english speaking governments worldwide switched to kyiv spelling cia refers to the city as kyiv the name of the famous football club is dynamo kyiv recognised worldwide many papers e g british the guardian are already writing kyiv all major canadian media already use the spelling of kyiv and many more reasons and references on let's initiate another discussion and make the final change we have waited too long already