especially at this critical time.

When I learned Russian many years ago we all had trouble correctly pronouncing Kiev. As Americans, we said kee EV. The spelling in Russian is phonetically k ee yeh v, with stress on the first syllable. The unstressed ye becomes more like an ee and a v at the end loses its "voice" and becomes an f. So something like kee-eef results. We usually said keeEV among ourselves since it was so ingrained in us. It's been decades since I knew much Russian so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

helpful as it explains the difference and vocalizes the pronunciation of both words.

It is important, imo, to begin to use the Ukrainian pronunciation rather than the Russian one to indicate one's support for Ukraine and give them the respect they deserve.

Same for "The Ukraine". Should be Ukraine (UKR), since "The Ukraine" implies an area such as "The Rockies" or "Bible Belt".

For their cities, and for the most part we are. Odesa (Odessa), Lviv (Lvov), Kharkiv (Kharkov), etc.

Of course then we'd get into the German cities like Nürnberg (Nuremberg) and München (Munich).....

i did not know that.

and listening to the video on the pronunciation of both words. I found it very helpful.

Kyiv is for present day Ukraine. We don't call Mumbai Bombay any more, we don't call Beijing Peking.

The main university is still called Peking University. And as for that duck....

I have been trying to remember the second "y" in writing.

Kyiv is just the more correct ENGLISH way...

From a Ukrainian who was trying to correct everyone. It is nothing like anyone is saying now including anyone on tv.

explaining why English speakers have difficulty pronouncing Kyiv the way Ukrainians do, she pronounces Kyiv both ways. It is quite educational.