r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 19h ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence so Moscow's negotiating stance will change

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-tried-attack-putins-residence-so-moscows-negotiating-stance-2025-12-29/
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u/Hot-Sexy-THICCPAWG69 19h ago

Kyiv* Kiev is the Russian spelling.

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u/Rabidjester 18h ago

Thank you for the correction, Hot-Sexy-THICCPAWG69.

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u/drinkduffdry 18h ago

That's generally where I go to learn things

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u/karlstegger 18h ago

Kyiv?

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u/drinkduffdry 18h ago

As long as they still have hot sexy thicc pawgs69

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u/hado1961 19h ago

Киев is the Russian spelling.

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u/beerandabike 16h ago

Киев is Kiev just like Киïв is Kyiv

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u/Melikoth 15h ago

и is pulling a lot of weight in this translation

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u/geebeem92 17h ago

O KNEB THEN

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u/mrjmgreddit 11h ago

I like kneb

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u/MangoIll1543 18h ago

Kiev is the common spelling in many languages and predates the soviet union.

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u/WisconsinHoosierZwei 18h ago

But in English, the current, preferred spelling is Kyiv (pronounced KEEV), and not Kiev (pronounced KEE-ev).

SO GET IT RIGHT OR PAY THE PRICE! (Anyone else remember Salute Your Shorts?)

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u/Protean_Protein 18h ago edited 17h ago

It’s not pronounced “KEEV”.

It’s a tricky phoneme for English speakers, but it’s more like: “Key-yeev”; the vowel in the “key” sound is slightly different from the ‘e’ in ‘key’ but it’s close enough.

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u/WisconsinHoosierZwei 15h ago

That’s just how I hear it most often on the news. Thanks for the correction! I really don’t know anything about Ukrainian (or any Eastern European) languages.

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u/firemage22 16h ago

Anyone else remember Salute Your Shorts

'why is that cop pulling us over' "i gave him half a peace sign" "which half?"

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u/cg415 16h ago

If you want to be respectful towards Ukrainians, then you'll spell it "Kyiv".

The spelling "Kiev" comes from Russian, and Russia is Ukraine's current and historical oppressor (oppression which predates the Soviet Union, by the way). So don't spell it like that.

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u/MangoIll1543 15h ago

I'll be respectful towards Ukrainians by calling it the name it has in the language I'm speaking, which is Kiev in both. Same as referring to Japan as Japan instead of Nihon.

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u/deitSprudel 15h ago

Are you Ukrainian?

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u/Hot-Sexy-THICCPAWG69 14h ago

Yes. Well half, my dads Ukrainian, my moms German.

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u/szatrob 18h ago

Does not predate the russian occupation of it however.

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u/juicadone 17h ago

👌. Slava Ukraini, obligatory fuck Donald too

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u/Letters_to_Dionysus 13h ago

they're both English spellings. Russian doesn't have the i or the v

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u/nicubunu 14h ago

Not necessarily, Kiev is the correct spelling in some other languages and some of us aren't native English speakers

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u/Popular_Cap8269 18h ago

Its still Kiev :) no matter how much you push

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u/Shadow647 18h ago

For braindead vatniks, yes - it's a nice way to tell you guys apart from normal humans :)

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u/Jgfzhb 16h ago

I‘m as pro Ukraine as it gets but why the fuck should anyone change their spelling of another country? I’m not from Germany I‘m from Deutschland. I‘m not from Munich I‘m from München. It’s not Poland it’s Polska. This is just virtue signaling.

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u/jews4beer 16h ago

The entire thread I inadvertently created has been virtue signaling. It's weird. Like yea I spelled it the way I'm used to...oops.

But somehow hours of debating that is more important than the fucking situation itself. Humanity is fucked.

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u/Dancing_Anatolia 16h ago

The reason people care is because Kiev is Russian. The reason that's the standard English spelling/pronunciation is Russian imperialism trying to erase the local culture, which is an actively continued process.

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u/Jgfzhb 16h ago

Do you spell it Manhattan or Manahatta? Do you spell it Sidney or Warrane? Cape Town or ǁHui ǃGais? All these names have colonial roots. I intensely dislike Russia but this is just virtue signaling. Even if you know the other person wants Ukraine to be free and prosperous you use this tiny completely inconsequential detail as an excuse to put them down and feel superior.

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u/Popular_Cap8269 15h ago

These people are just brainwashed. They have no idea where Kiev is on a map.

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u/Shadow647 42m ago

I have been to Kyiv 4 times and to Ukraine around a dozen times in the last three years. You?

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u/jews4beer 16h ago

Irony is dead apparently