 Agree, I will add a short, but impressive list of facts of why it is spelled as Kyiv in English language: :: 1) Ukrainian government insists on Kyiv spelling :: 2) The State Department of the U.S. issued a directive to write Kyiv  :: 3) The Prime Minister of the U.K. calls the city Kyiv - http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20199 :: 4) United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database (the ultimate body on geographical names) approved it as Kyiv - http://unterm.un.org/dgaacs/unterm.nsf/WebView/B57BF6AB5F06749B85256DC700440AAD?OpenDocument :: 5) Major English speaking governments worldwide switched to Kyiv spelling :: 6) CIA refers to the city as Kyiv - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html :: 7) The name of the famous football club is Dynamo Kyiv (recognised worldwide) :: 8) Many papers, e.g., British The Guardian, are already writing Kyiv  :: 9) All major Canadian media already use the spelling of Kyiv  :: 10) and many more reasons and references on http://kyiv.of-cour.se/ ::: Let's initiate another discussion and make the final change. We have waited too long already. (  )  