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[quote=Anonymous]I am going to level up the difficulty here by explaining part of the reason why people are hearing a soft uh at the end. As someone who speaks Russian and Ukrainian in a professional context every day, I am struggling to think of a time when I would say the name of the city without a case ending. Perhaps if someone asked me what is the name of the capital of Ukraine, I might answer simply Kyiv. But in any casual or professional conversation, there would be a preposition and then a specific ending depending on the case. So, yes, there is a difference and how do you pronounce the city's name depending on whether you are using the Russian or Ukrainian pronunciation, but there is also a difference depending on whether you are saying that something is happening in the city, to the city, around the city, or with the city, for example.[/quote]
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