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https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/

Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time.

iRaq and iRan are silly but the "Kyiv" stuff is different.

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[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

It's historical name and the meaning is that old Slavs colour coded geographical directions, white was north.

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