I agree

It had to be done years ago.

From the Paul Eggart response

" That was an error on my part. The list is being moderated to suppress
spam by people who are repeatedly lobbying for the spelling change. I
forgot that, and cc'ed to the list. I should have just replied to you
privately."

I assume he has hundreds of such requests and answers them privately, without informing the community.

Kiev is an error and has to be corrected to Kyiv.