https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv
Both are correct and with 30% of Ukrainians speaking Russian they would pronounce it as Kiev.
This is like nit picking French Swiss saying Genève while German Swiss say Genf. Both are correct.
Boils down to that the Ukrainian vs Russian pronunciation is now political...
Unlike Switzerland which has three official languages.
1. Ukraine is behind disinformation campaign to temporarily boost morale.
2. Russia is behind disinformation campaign to mount an element of surprise (an all out offensive was suddenly ordered this morning).
3. Social media is facilitating disinformation with variety of incentives for its participants ranging from merchandising (as was for Ghost of Kiev) and internet points (DCS World footages)
I don't want to say it's Ukranian intelligence because it seems illogical to me but would confirm my suspicion that it is sabotaging its own: that they could use disinformation to shore up international support at the risk of inevitably being debunked and losing credibility.
Again, cui bono, who benefits here from this disinformation? It is still not clear because why would you raise the morale of your enemies troops on purpose in the opening hours of the war?
This is an endless hall of mirrors, whatever it is they are doing, its working, its raising the cost of discovering truths while lowering social cost of emotional outbursts (seen that already here from someone accusing me of being a Russian bot) to further distort reality.
Everybody needs to remain calm, and question what they are seeing is real or fake, before choosing to disseminate it.
This is modern Information Age warfare - morale is everything and with screens and videos it is possible to disarm/arm enemies with just media. The defending side will also use every opportunity they can to propagate a message, even if they can’t verify it. The other side will also do everything they can to tarnish that message with imperfections and counter stories.
What I would like to say here is that just like one can get carried away with emotional outbursts and hysteria, one can also get carried away in the opposite direction. That is over-restraining your emotions and repeating “let’s just wait and see” over and over. Until, that is, it turns out one day that the other side has been running a secret concentration camp or is bombing innocent people to acquire power or some other horror.
It does not surprise me that some have thrown such accusations in response to these kinds of comments. Business is rational, and war is often great business.