separable verb in a relative prop

[logicgate]

Is there a preference between

Opnieuw rijst de vraag hoelang de Oekraïners kunnen standhouden.

and

Opnieuw rijst de vraag hoelang de Oekraïners stand kunnen houden

?

I am quite amazed by the lack of determinism in Dutch.

[LeSNT2]

There is no difference in meaning between those sentences.

You should be happy we don't have very strict rules about the word order of verbs at the end of a sentence. The word order in general is already hard for most foreigners. Be grateful you have some choice