Because his name is “Володимир Зеленський”, but neither you nor I know how to pronounce that so it is converted to “Volodymyr Zelenskyy” or a slight variation since there isn’t a direct translation or there are multiple translations.
Different news outlets have different rules, so some articles spell it differently.
This is driving me nuts. Why is it half of the articles they write his name “zelensky” and the other half “zelenskyy”?
Because his name is “Володимир Зеленський”, but neither you nor I know how to pronounce that so it is converted to “Volodymyr Zelenskyy” or a slight variation since there isn’t a direct translation or there are multiple translations.
Different news outlets have different rules, so some articles spell it differently.