Quote Originally Posted by Bohinen View Post
So we've all been spelling it the wrong way? The reality is, the actual name is written in a different alphabet and you are just talking about the romanised version, and either Zelensky or Zelenskyy is acceptable. From Wikipedia ...

Its Russian spelling Зеленский is romanized Zelenski, Zelenskii, Zelenskiy, or Zelensky, and originates from the toponym Zelyonoe (Зелёное), meaning 'green'.[1] Its feminine counterpart is Зеленская (Zelenskaya or Zelenskaia).

Its Ukrainian spelling Зеленський is romanized Zelenskyi, Zelensky, Zelenskiy, or Zelenskyy, and originates from the toponym Zelene (Зелене), meaning 'green'.[1] Its feminine counterpart is Зеленська (Zelenska).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelensky_(surname)
I was congratulating BFP - genuinely - on doing his research and spelling the name the Ukrainian way with the extra 'y', and I then adopted the spelling he was using. In previous posts I'd been using the other spelling.