2014 Odesa clashes

Clashes between protestors in Ukraine February 2015 February 2015 2014 Odesa clashes Euromaidan and the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine RussianSpringOdessa20140510 07.JPG 283 Union House after the fire on 2 May 2014 26 January – 2 May 2014 Odesa, Ukraine Demonstrations,https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA400LI20140502 Dozens die in Odessa, rebels down Ukraine helicopters Reuters 2 May 2014 2 May 2014 15 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220215094343/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA400LI20140502 live rioting, street fighting Pro-Russian protest camp burnt down by Ukrainian unity activists Ukraine Pro-Maidan activists Flag of Ukraine 3.svg Maidan People's Union and Maidan Self-Defense Flag of Right Sector.svg Right SectorFrom the separatists' bullets, the tenor of the "Right Sector" died https://web.archive.org/web/20200211152159/https://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/mestnyiy/1263761-ot-pul-separatistov-pogib-desyatnik-pravogo-sektora.html 11 February 2020 - Telegraph, 3 May 2014 Batkivschina flag (2014).svg Batkivshchyna YouthZMI have been named after I died in Odesa https://web.archive.org/web/20190723203822/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024321/ 23 July 2019 - Ukrainian truth, 4 May 2014 RussiaFlag of the St George Ribbon.svg Anti-Maidan activists https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/europe/ukraine.html Ukraine Presses Pro-Russia Militants After Fighting Spreads to Odessa The New York Times 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 "many of the dead were pro-Russia militants who had retreated into a trade union building" 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503203139/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/europe/ukraine.html live https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-russia-behind-kidnapping-of-osce-military-observers-updates-videos-346066.html Police say pro-Russians accidentally set fatal Odessa fire with Molotov cocktails Kyiv Post 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 "An eyewitness account from Odesa posted online states that Russian-backed militants shot at and killed at least four soccer fans" 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503115051/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-russia-behind-kidnapping-of-osce-military-observers-updates-videos-346066.html live http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10805412/Ukraine-crisis-dozens-killed-in-Odessa-fire-as-violence-spreads-to-countrys-south.html Ukraine crisis: dozens killed in Odessa fire as violence spreads to country south The Telegraph newspaper 2014-05-02 Dozens have died in a building fire in Ukraine after a clash between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian protesters in the Black Sea port of Odessa. 5 May 2015 6 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150806192328/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10805412/Ukraine-crisis-dozens-killed-in-Odessa-fire-as-violence-spreads-to-countrys-south.html live https://dumskaya.net/news/intervyu-dolgenkova-040632/ The main person involved in the May 2 tragedy: Egor Kvasnyuk received money for moving the Anti-Maidan tent camp - now he is in Russia dumskaya.net 5 November 2014 1 March 2023 Romanov Flag.svg Odessa Militia (Odesskaya Druzhina)https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/dangers-of-extremism-in-southeastern-ukraine-far-right-eurasianism-slavic-unity/ Extremism in South-Eastern Ukraine Open Democracy 7 May 2014 1 March 2023 A two-day mourning was announced in Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20190902201205/https://kp.ua/politics/450937-v-ukrayne-obiavyly-dvukhdnevnyi-traur 2 September 2019 - Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine, 2 May 2014https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/03/31/ultranationalist-activist-publishes-video-plea-calling-for-russians-to-shed-blood-in-ukraine-a33468 Ultranationalist Activist Publishes Video Plea Calling For Russians to 'Shed Blood' In Ukraine Anna Dolgov The Moscow Times 31 March 2014 15 October 2022 Patch of the Odessa People's Militia.svg Odessa People's Militia Флаг объединения «Боротьба».svg Borotba Other small groupsThese included: "Youth Unity", "Dozor", "Stalin's Party", "Zubr", "Eye of the Diamond", "Jews against Hurwitz", "Civil Alliance of Odessa", "Army of the faithful Black Sea Cossacks named after B. Khmelnitsky", "People's Alternative", "Orthodox", "V. Kaurova", "Slavic Unity"2014-02-24 "Народные дружины» в Одессе: фашисты под маской «антифашизма" "People's squads" in Odesa: the Nazis under the guise of "anti-fascism" http://odessa-daily.com.ua/news/narodnye-druzhiny-v-odesse-fashisty-pod-maskoj-antifashizma-id62395.html 2023-05-04 odessa-daily.com.ua Oleksii ChornyiThe leader of the Odesa Euromaidan was arrested for five days https://web.archive.org/web/20190428005751/https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3271878-lyder-odesskoho-evromaidana-arestovan-na-piat-sutok 28 April 2019 - Correspondent.net, 26 November 2013, Oleksandr OstapenkoOdesa leader Euromaidan became vice-governor https://web.archive.org/web/20191021155453/https://www.segodnya.ua/regions/odessa/lider-odesskogo-evromaydana-stal-vice-gubernatorom-503504.html 21 October 2019 - Today, 18 March 2014 Andriy Yusov http://timer-odessa.net/news/ul_tras_i_evromaydanovtsev_na_kulikovo_pole_otpravil_yusov_videofakt_343.html Yusov collects "Euromaidanites" to march on Kulikovo Field on May 2 (video fact) 14 May 2014 Timer 2014-05-15 17 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191017020722/http://timer-odessa.net/news/ul_tras_i_evromaydanovtsev_na_kulikovo_pole_otpravil_yusov_videofakt_343.html live Volodymyr Nemirovsky (until 6 May 2014) Ihor Palytsia (from 6 May 2014) Mark Hordienkohttp://otkat.od.ua/mark-gordienko-massazhist-otkryvshij-v-sebe-revolyucionera/ Mark Hordienko: a massage therapist who discovered a revolutionary in himself 21 October 2019 13 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190913191711/http://otkat.od.ua/mark-gordienko-massazhist-otkryvshij-v-sebe-revolyucionera/ live Sergey Dolzhenkovhttp://podrobnosti.ua/975101-organizatsiej-bojni-v-odesse-zanimalsja-byvshij-oper-kapitan-kakao.html The former opera Captain Cocoa was organizing the massacre in Odessa 8 May 2014 21 October 2019 28 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190428005802/https://podrobnosti.ua/975101-organizatsiej-bojni-v-odesse-zanimalsja-byvshij-oper-kapitan-kakao.html live Anton Davidchenko (until 17 March 2014) Grigory Kvasnyuk Pavel KovalenkoOn the situation in the capital of the Odessa People's Republic https://web.archive.org/web/20190428005735/http://vg-news.ru/n/113850 28 April 2019 - http://vg-news.ru https://web.archive.org/web/20191024070840/http://vg-news.ru/ 24 October 2019 , 11 April 2015,The Odessa People's Republic recognized the LPR and the DPR https://web.archive.org/web/20171026003248/http://rusdozor.ru/2015/04/13/odesskaya-narodnaya-respublika-priznala-lnr-i-dnr/ 26 October 2017 - http://rusdozor.ru https://web.archive.org/web/20191022143318/http://rusdozor.ru/ 22 October 2019 , 13 April 2015,Alexei "Foma" Fominovhttps://tyzhden.ua/Society/191482 Слідами "коменданта Куликового поля" In the footsteps of the "commandant of Kulikovo field" Ukrainian Stanislav Kozlyuk tyzhden.ua 4 May 2017 15 October 2022 Anton Rayevsky ( March 2014)Dmitry OdinovDenis YatsyukAlexey Albu 2 dead 46 dead In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protesters in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution. On one side were 'pro-Maidan' groups who supported the revolution and a united Ukraine; on the other side were 'anti-Maidan' and pro-Russian separatist groups. There were far-right elements on both sides.Kudelia Serhiy Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia's War on Ukraine 2025 Oxford University Press 252–254 The clashes resulted in 48 people being killed and hundreds wounded. They took place during the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and the War in Donbas, where Russian-backed paramilitaries had taken over parts of eastern Ukraine. The worst violence was on 2 May. Ahead of a football match, a 'United Ukraine' rally was held in Odesa city centre. This march was attacked at Hretska Square by pro-Russian separatists with stones, petrol bombs and homemade grenades.'There was heroism and cruelty on both sides': the truth behind one of Ukraine's deadliest days https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/there-was-heroism-and-cruelty-on-both-sides-the-truth-behind-one-of-ukraines-deadliest-days The Guardian 30 April 2015 The first shots were fired by a pro-Russian gunman with an AK-74, killing a United Ukraine marcher.Arel Dominique https://books.google.com/books?id=7dWgEAAAQBAJ&dq=A+gunman+from+the+anti-Maidan+militia&pg=PA140 Ukraine's Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022 Driscoll Jesse 2023-01-05 Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-51149-7 140, 141 en In the clashes that followed, both sides exchanged gunfire, resulting in the deaths of another pro-Ukraine activist and four pro-Russia activists, while dozens were wounded.Accountability for killings in Ukraine from January 2014 to May 2016 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/OHCHRThematicReportUkraineJan2014-May2016_EN.pdf UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1 May 2017 13 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161213075027/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/OHCHRThematicReportUkraineJan2014-May2016_EN.pdf live The police were accused of inaction and of siding with the pro-Russian group. The pro-Ukraine group then moved to destroy a pro-Russian protest camp at Kulykove Pole. Some pro-Russian activists barricaded themselves in the Unions House overlooking the square, then opened fire and threw missiles from the roof and windows. Some of the pro-Ukraine group returned fire and attempted to storm the building, which caught fire as the two groups threw petrol bombs at each other.4 May 2014 How did Odessa's fire happen? BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27275383 live 4 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190911214952/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27275383 11 September 20192 May 2014 Dozens killed in Odessa fire amid clashes BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27259620 live 2 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503172708/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27259620 3 May 20142 May 2014 Dozens killed in building fire in Odessa, ministry says The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-crisis-pro-russian-forces-claim-assault-on-slavyansk-live-updates live 2 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141027041112/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-crisis-pro-russian-forces-claim-assault-on-slavyansk-live-updates 27 October 2014 While at least one of the fires seems to have been started by those outside the building, most seem to have been caused accidentally from inside. The clashes resulted in the deaths of 48 people, 46 of whom were anti-Maidan/pro-Russian activists; 34 died of suffocation in the Unions House fire and eight jumped to their deaths from the burning building. More than 200 were injured on both sides.https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live para. 31-33 It was the bloodiest civil conflict in the region since the Odessa Bolshevik uprising of 1918. Ukraine declared two days of national mourning. Russia has exploited the tragedy for propaganda, framing it as a massacre of Russian speakers by Ukrainian "fascists" and using it to justify its war against Ukraine.Russia's Lie Machine Fans Flames of Odessa 'Massacre' https://cepa.org/article/russias-lie-machine-fans-flames-of-odessa-massacre/ Center for European Policy Analysis 30 April 2021The making of a myth How Russian media uses a 2014 fire in Odesa to justify the war on Ukraine https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/05/08/the-making-of-a-myth Meduza 8 May 2024 Although several alleged perpetrators were charged, there has yet to be a trial.Bogner Matilda 2021-04-30 "7 years with no answers. What is lacking in the investigations of the events in odesa on 2 May 2014?" https://ukraine.un.org/en/126054-7-years-no-answers-what-lacking-investigations-events-odesa-2-may-2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220405062855/https://ukraine.un.org/en/126054-7-years-no-answers-what-lacking-investigations-events-odesa-2-may-2014 2022-04-05 United Nations Kyiv, Ukraine There are allegations that some police colluded with pro-Russian activists in the initial fighting.https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live para. 75, 78-79 In 2015, the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe concluded that the investigation's independence was hampered by "evidence indicative of police complicity",https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live para. 284-285 and that authorities failed to thoroughly investigate the events.https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live para. 288 A European Court of Human Rights ruling in March 2025 declared that, while the events were partly a result of Russia's attempts to destabilize Ukraine, it ruled that Ukrainian authorities failed to prevent deaths and conduct an effective investigation. The Court ordered the Ukrainian state to pay €114,700 in compensation to survivors and victims' families.ECHR finds Ukrainian authorities guilty of fatalities in Odessa on May 2, 2014 https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/110351/ 2025-03-14 interfax.com Many of the officials accused of wrongdoing fled to Russia.Tragedy in Odesa on 2 May 2014: ECHR finds Ukraine guilty and orders compensation https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/13/7502685/ 2025-03-14 Ukrainska Pravda en Prelude Revolution of Dignity On 26 January 2014, during the Euromaidan protests, up to 2,000 pro-Maidan protesters marched on the regional state administration (RSA) building in Odesa,До Одеської ОДА рухається колона до 2 тисяч людей; Українська правда A column of up to 2,000 people is moving to the Odesa Regional State Administration; Ukrainian Pravda http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/01/26/7011390/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20140214045650/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/01/26/7011390/ 14 February 2014 24 February 2014 Ukrayinska Pravda but were repelled by anti-Maidan activists and municipal barricades.Новини NEWSru.ua :: Одеські ультрас були змушені відступити перед "навалою" вірнопідданих ПР під ОДА News NEWSru.ua :: Odesa ultras were forced to retreat before the "invasion" of loyal subjects of the PR under the regional state administration http://newsru.ua/ukraine/26jan2014/ultras.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140130082204/http://www.newsru.ua/ukraine/26jan2014/ultras.html 30 January 2014 24 February 2014 Newsru.ua dmy-all26 January 2014 Одесский горсовет приготовился к штурму (ВИДЕО) Odesa City Council prepared for the assault (VIDEO) http://odessa.comments.ua/news/2014/01/26/214700.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140129020721/http://odessa.comments.ua/news/2014/01/26/214700.html 29 January 2014 24 February 2014 Odessa.comments.ua Odesa municipal administration fortified the building with concrete blocks to prevent further incursions on 28 January.http://dumskaya.net/news/vhody-v-odesskuyu-oblgosadministraciyu-perekryva-032244/ Входы в Одесскую облгосадминистрацию перекрывают бетонными блоками (фото); Новости Одессы Entrances to the Odesa Regional State Administration are blocked with concrete blocks (photo); News of Odesa Dumskaya.net 28 January 2014 24 February 2014 8 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308204522/http://dumskaya.net/news/vhody-v-odesskuyu-oblgosadministraciyu-perekryva-032244/ live Confrontations between Euromaidan and Anti-Maidan protesters continued over the next month, and on 19 February, about 100 unidentified men wearing masks and helmets, and armed with baseball bats, assaulted a pro-Maidan demonstration.http://dumskaya.net/news/u-odesskoj-oga-mitinguyut-evromajdanschiki-video-032750/ Побоище у одесской ОГА: пострадали журналисты (видеотрансляция прекращена) Massacre at the Odesa Regional State Administration: journalists suffered (video broadcast stopped) Dumskaya.net 19 February 2014 19 February 2016 25 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160225012406/http://dumskaya.net/news/u-odesskoj-oga-mitinguyut-evromajdanschiki-video-032750/ live http://ntn.ua/ru/products/programs/svidok/news/2014/02/19/12972 В Одессе "титушки" под присмотром милиции избили участников мирной акции In Odesa, "titushki" under the supervision of the police beat the participants of a peaceful rally 19 February 2016 2 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302014512/http://ntn.ua/ru/products/programs/svidok/news/2014/02/19/12972 live Three journalists and two cameramen were injured in the clashes.http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/20/ukraine-s-regions-begin-to-rise-against-yanukovych Disturbances escalate in western Ukraine Euronews 20 February 2014 6 February 2015 7 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150207034921/http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/20/ukraine-s-regions-begin-to-rise-against-yanukovych dead A number of Russian nationalist groups such as the Odesskaya Druzhina were active throughout the period and actively supported by senior Russian politicians such as Sergey Glazyev.http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1473972066 Odesa Smoking Gun Leads Directly to Moscow :: khpg.org khpg.org 2016-09-17 18 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160918082740/http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1473972066 live Ukrainian Nationalist groups such as Right Sector, Misanthropic Division, and the Social-National Assembly were also simultaneously active, in opposition to the pro-Russian groups.Ivan Katchanovski Katchanovski Ivan 2016-09-02 The Far Right in Ukraine During the 'Euromaidan' and the war in Donbas https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2832203 en Rochester, NY 2832203 The Euromaidan protests culminated in the February 2014 Revolution of Dignity, when president Viktor Yanukovych fled the capital and was removed from office by parliament. Police reported that 5,000–20,000 participated in a pro-Russian demonstration in Odesa on 1 March.Conal Urquhart https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/crimea-crisis-deepens-as-russia-and-ukraine-ready-forces-live-updates UN security council in emergency meeting after Russian parliament approves use of military against Ukraine- live updates The Guardian 3 January 2014 1 March 2014 1 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140301212545/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/crimea-crisis-deepens-as-russia-and-ukraine-ready-forces-live-updates live thumb|273px|Pro-Russian Odessa Militia activists at the protest camp on 13 April 2014 On 3 March, 200–500 pro-Russian demonstrators attempted to seize the Odesa Oblast Council building while it was holding a session.http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/politics/_mitinguyuschie-pod-flagami-rossii-shturmuyut-odesskuyu-oga/545208 Митингующие под флагами России штурмуют Одесскую ОГА Protesters under the flags of Russia storm the Odesa Regional State Administration 3 March 2014 Gazeta.ua 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140303161457/http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/politics/_mitinguyuschie-pod-flagami-rossii-shturmuyut-odesskuyu-oga/545208 live http://info-center.od.ua/9882-v-odesse-nakalilis-strasti-protivniki-kievskoy-vlasti-osadili-oga-k-nim-vyshel-skorik-fotoreportazh.html В Одессе накалились страсти: противники киевской власти осадили ОГА. К ним вышел Скорик (фоторепортаж) In Odesa inflame passions: opponents of the Kyiv authorities besieged RSA Info-Center.od.ua 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 ru dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140303154521/http://info-center.od.ua/9882-v-odesse-nakalilis-strasti-protivniki-kievskoy-vlasti-osadili-oga-k-nim-vyshel-skorik-fotoreportazh.html 3 March 2014 dmy http://lifenews.ru/news/128293 Активисты в Одессе пошли штурмом на здание облсовета Activists in Odesa stormed the building of the Regional Council LifeNews.ru 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 ru 6 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140306015118/http://lifenews.ru/news/128293 live They replaced the Ukrainian flag with a Russian flag and demanded a referendum on the establishment of an "Odessa Autonomous Republic". The Council adopted a motion in which it condemned extremism and any attempt to breach the territorial integrity of Ukraine.https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live para. 3 Meanwhile, several competing pro-revolution demonstrations were held in the city.Turmoil in eastern Ukraine reaches Odesa https://web.archive.org/web/20170425215314/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/24/turmoil-in-east-ukrainereachesacrosscountrytoodessa.html 25 April 2017 , Al Jazeera America (24 April 2014) On 30 March, a 5,000-strong pro-revolution protest was held in Odesa.http://timer-odessa.net/news/v_sotsial_nih_setyah_kipyat_spori_po_povodu_chislennosti_vcherashnih_mitingov_839.html ru:В социальных сетях кипят споры по поводу численности митингов в Одессе Disputes boil on social networks over the number of rallies in Odesa Timer 31 March 2014 ru 3 May 2019 3 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190503021716/http://timer-odessa.net/news/v_sotsial_nih_setyah_kipyat_spori_po_povodu_chislennosti_vcherashnih_mitingov_839.html live On 30 March, Russian ultranationalist Anton Rayevsky was arrested and deported from the city for organizing pro-Russian subversive groups, allegedly for the Russian government. Materials confiscated from Rayevsky called for the destruction of Ukrainians and Jews in the region, and for Russian military intervention.https://tsn.ua/ukrayina/z-ukrayini-vidvoreno-rosiyskogo-neonacista-chornosotencya-yakiy-gotuvav-diversiyu-v-odesi-342636.html З України видворено російського неонациста-"чорносотенця", який готував диверсію в Одесі Russian neo-Nazi "Black Hundred" expelled from Ukraine, who was preparing a sabotage in Odesa 2014-03-30 ТСН.ua uk 2019-07-02 2 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190702095430/https://tsn.ua/ukrayina/z-ukrayini-vidvoreno-rosiyskogo-neonacista-chornosotencya-yakiy-gotuvav-diversiyu-v-odesi-342636.html live An 'Odessa People's Republic' was proclaimed by an internet group in Odesa Oblast on 16 April.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/16/7022611/ Одеські сепаратисти в інтернеті оголосили "Одеську республіку" Odessa separatists declared the Internet "Odessa republic" Ukrayinska Pravda 16 April 2014 16 April 2014 uk 19 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419145438/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/16/7022611/ live Members of the Odesa anti-Maidan protest group later swore that they made no such declaration, and the leaders of the group said they had only heard about it through the media.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/16/7022625/ Одеський Антимайдан божиться, що ніякої республіки не оголошував Odessa antimaidan swears that no republic is declared Ukrayinska Pravda 16 April 2014 16 April 2014 uk 19 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419145503/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/16/7022625/ live The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine later confirmed that the situation in Odesa remained calm.http://www.osce.org/ukrainemonitoring/117777 Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe 14 April 2014 16 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174445/http://www.osce.org/ukrainemonitoring/117777 16 April 2014 Local anti-Maidan and pro-Maidan leaders in Odesa Oblast voiced scepticism about the Geneva Statement on Ukraine on 20 April. The anti-Maidan leaders insisted that they aimed not at secession, but at the establishment of a wider federated state called 'Novorossiya' within Ukraine.http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/117881 Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 20 April 2014 22 April 2014 24 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424200846/http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/117881 live A hand grenade was thrown from a passing car at a joint police–Maidan Self-Defense checkpoint outside Odesa on 25 April, injuring seven people, and causing heightened tensions in the region.http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/pro-ukrainian-activists-recover-after-attack-near-odessa-345704.html Pro-Maidan activists recover after attack near Odessa Kyiv Post 30 April 2014 2 May 2014 Shevchenko Daryna 1 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140501201905/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/pro-ukrainian-activists-recover-after-attack-near-odessa-345704.html live http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/25/c_133290482.htm 7 injured in checkpoint explosion in southern Ukraine Xinhua News Agency 25 April 2014 25 April 2014 8 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140608073342/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/25/c_133290482.htm dead Gallery 2 May clashes and fire uk Протистояння в Одесі 2 травня 2014 hist July 2023 2 May clashes 2 May 2014 Odesa, Ukraine 'Pro-Unity'http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/HRMMUReport15June2014.pdf Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 15 June 2014 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 5 May 2015 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140620085642/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/HRMMUReport15June2014.pdf live Ukraine Ukrainian Unity activists and militants Flag of Right Sector.svg Right Sector 'Pro-Federalism' Flag of the St George Ribbon.svg Pro-Russian activists and militantshttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/europe/ukraine.html Ukraine Presses Pro-Russia Militants After Fighting Spreads to Odessa The New York Times 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 "many of the dead were pro-Russia militants who had retreated into a trade union building" 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503203139/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/europe/ukraine.html live Romanov Flag.svg Odessa Militia (Odesskaya Druzhina)Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 15 June 2014 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/HRMMUReport15June2014.pdf Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights 21 June 2014 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140620085642/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/HRMMUReport15June2014.pdf live Unknown Sergei Dolzhenkov *1,200 football fans & pro-Unity activists 600 Kharkiv football fans *300 Odessa Militia Russian nationals, inc. from Transnistria (alleged) Deaths: 2http://uainfo.org/blognews/1430636843-igor-ivanov-i-andrey-biryukov---2-maya-oni-spasli-odessu-tsenoy.html Игорь Иванов и Андрей Бирюков – 2 мая они спасли Одессу ценой своей жизни Igor Ivanov and Andrey Biryukov - on May 2 they saved Odesa at the cost of their lives UAinfo 3 May 2015 3 May 2015 5 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505055248/http://uainfo.org/blognews/1430636843-igor-ivanov-i-andrey-biryukov---2-maya-oni-spasli-odessu-tsenoy.html live (gunfire) Deaths: 46Майская бойня: обновлённый список погибших, среди них несовершеннолетний May massacre: updated list of dead, including a minor http://timer-odessa.net/news/mayskaya_boynya_obnovlenniy_spisok_pogibshih_sredi_nih_nesovershennoletniy_826.html 1 May 2017 Таймер (Timer) 14 May 2014 16 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170516140627/http://timer-odessa.net/news/mayskaya_boynya_obnovlenniy_spisok_pogibshih_sredi_nih_nesovershennoletniy_826.html live (4 gunfire, 32 suffocation, 10 autodefenestration) Total casualties: 48 dead, 247 injured (27 shot, 31 stabbed) and 99 hospitalised Arrests: 123 Events A detailed minute-by-minute timeline of events has been compiled by "the 2 May Group", an organisation of 13 local journalists and experts investigating the tragedy on a volunteer basis.There was heroism and cruelty on both sides': the truth behind one of Ukraine's deadliest days https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/there-was-heroism-and-cruelty-on-both-sides-the-truth-behind-one-of-ukraines-deadliest-days 2 May 2017 The Guardian 30 April 2015 5 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170205135914/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/there-was-heroism-and-cruelty-on-both-sides-the-truth-behind-one-of-ukraines-deadliest-days live The timeline's first version was published in 2014,The chronology of events that occurred on 2nd of May, 2014 in Odessa (Part 2) http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2015/12/the-chronology-of-events-that-occurred.html Группа 2 мая (the 2 May Group) 2 May 2017 19 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171019073439/http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2015/12/the-chronology-of-events-that-occurred.html live and an updated version in 2016. In 2015 they also published a report on the background of the Odesa tragedy.Background of Odessa tragedy on May, 2nd 2014 https://2maygroup.blogspot.com/2015/12/background-of-odessa-tragedy-on-may-2nd.html Группа 2 мая (the 2 May Group) 21 December 2015 13 April 2022 23 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180923215053/https://2maygroup.blogspot.com/2015/12/background-of-odessa-tragedy-on-may-2nd.html According to The Guardian, most of what is known today about the tragedy is thanks to the 2 May Group investigation based on analysis of amateur footage and interviews with witnesses. According to the 2 May Group investigation, local authorities had met representatives of the pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan camp and had agreed with them to dismantle the tent camp of the anti-Maidan protesters in Odesa, in preparation to the Victory Parade of 9 May.11 January 2016 Chronology of events May 2, 2014 in Odessa (in English). Part 1. https://2maygroup.blogspot.com/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html 2 May group Earlier regional authorities (the head of the regional state administration Vladimir Nemirovsky) has made a public promise to remove a tent camp of “Antimaidan” activists from Kulikovo Field to secure military parade on 9th of May. The camp had been set up on 26 January in Shevchenko Avenue and later had moved to Kulykove Pole, in the centre of Odesa, in front of the Trade Union House. The plan for dismantling the camp was agreed by representatives of local authorities and police, by pro-Maidan leaders and also by some anti-Maidan leaders, who thought that the maintenance of their camp had become too expensive and detrimental to their cause.11 January 2016 Chronology of events May 2, 2014 in Odessa (in English). Part 1. https://2maygroup.blogspot.com/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html 2 May Group The dismantling of the tent camp should have taken place in the late evening of 2 May, after the Chornomorets vs Metallist football game. According to the original plan agreed by the factions in secret, the demolition of the tents would done by gangs of football fans "ultras" after the end of a football match. Liquidation of the tent camp in this way the interests of all parties and should have happened without casualties or violent fighting: this way, anti-Maidan forces would have avoided the embarrassment of shutting the camp down themselves and instead be later able to claim that they were victimized.Hale Henry E. Shevel Oxana Onuch Olga 2018 Believing Facts in the Fog of War: Identity, Media and Hot Cognition in Ukraine's 2014 Odesa Tragedy https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/67333676/Odesa_Full_Submission_to_Geopolitics_20180126.pdf Geopolitics 23 4 851 10.1080/14650045.2018.1465044 150236651 1465-0045 Capturing the House of Trade Unions, as well as the fierce resistance during dismantling was not part of the plan. The police were supposed to detain and isolate radical activists from both sides, while avoiding excessive use of force. According to the 2 May Group investigation, the plan was foiled when the tent-camp leadership split and one radical anti-Maidan group issued an appeal to anti-Maidan activists to gather in downtown Odesa to prevent a march of "fascists".Anti-maidan protesters usually applied the term "Fascist" to pro-European Euromaidan activists11 January 2016 Chronology of events May 2, 2014 in Odessa (in English). Part 1. https://2maygroup.blogspot.com/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html 2 May group Hretska Square clashes thumb|left|273px|A van burned during the clashes on Hretska Square right 300пкс Odesa, clashes in Derybasivska Street video from YouTube A rally at 14:00 for national unity was held in Sobornaya Square by about 1,500 people, including many FC Chornomorets Odesa and FC Metalist Kharkiv fans, along with right-wing Right Sector members and ordinary people.http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140502/pro-ukrainians-pro-russians-clash-odessa Pro- and Anti-Maidan activists clash in Odessa Global Post 2 May 2014 Agence France-Presse 2 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140502213601/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140502/pro-ukrainians-pro-russians-clash-odessa 2 May 2014 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27275383 How did Odessa's fire happen? BBC News 4 May 2014 4 May 2014 11 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190911214952/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27275383 live https://www.rferl.org/a/odesa-dispatch-eyewitness-to-a-night-of-deadly-violence/25371973.html Odesa Dispatch: 'Some Murders Are Announced' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 Rykovtseva Elena 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503193733/http://www.rferl.org/content/odesa-dispatch-eyewitness-to-a-night-of-deadly-violence/25371973.html live Joint marches among the sports fans are a regular tradition before all football matches in the area. As they marched down Derybasivska Street, fans of both teams sang the Ukrainian national anthem together, chanted patriotic slogans such as "Odesa, Kharkiv, Ukraine", and sang other songs against Russian President Vladimir Putin.Dibrov Sergiy What really happened in Odessa: A step-by-step reconstruction of a tragedy that killed 46 people http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/what-really-happened-in-odessa-a-step-by-step-reconstruction-of-a-tragedy-that-killed-46-people-video-346192.html Kyiv Post 4 May 2014 5 May 2015 4 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140504213109/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/what-really-happened-in-odessa-a-step-by-step-reconstruction-of-a-tragedy-that-killed-46-people-video-346192.html live4 May 2014 Ukraine's Reins Weaken as Chaos Spreads The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/kievs-reins-weaken-as-chaos-spreads.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0 live 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505182252/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/kievs-reins-weaken-as-chaos-spreads.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0 5 May 2014 OSCE monitors reported that they saw around one hundred pro-unity activists in camouflage with sticks and shields participating in the march.http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/118292 Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine – based on information received up until 02 May 2014 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505233049/http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/118292 live Attendees told journalists beforehand that they had found out through social media that "anti-Maidan supporters were calling for everyone to gather and crush the unification march." One of the pages called on their supporters in Odesa to "take after Donetsk," a reference to pro-Russian attacks that took place against pro-Maidan demonstrators in Donetsk days prior. A leaflet that said the pro-Russian groups would "defend Odesa from pogroms" was distributed across the city before the rally. This Ukrainian Unity rally was attacked by a 300-strong mob of Odessa Militia/Odesskaya Druzhina (ru Одесская дружина) members armed with bats and firearms at Hretska Street.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27259620 Dozens killed in Odessa fire amid clashes BBC News 2 May 2014 2 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503172708/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27259620 live https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-crisis-pro-russian-forces-claim-assault-on-slavyansk-live-updates Dozens killed in building fire in Odessa, ministry says The Guardian 2 May 2014 2 May 2014 27 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141027041112/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-crisis-pro-russian-forces-claim-assault-on-slavyansk-live-updates live Police did not attempt to separate the two rallies from one another. As reported by the Council of Europe, police officers made little, if any, effort to intervene and stop the violence, and video footage gave rise to allegations of collusion between the police and anti-Maidan protesters (para. 20 and 78).November 2015 International Advisory Panel Report https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b Council of Europe 14 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live Another circumstance which raised suspicion was that police officers put red adhesive tape around their arms, as did anti-Maidan protesters, to identify themselves (para. 79). The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine also reported an inadequate police presence to ensure security. Some 700 police officers were deployed at the stadium, a further 100 officers followed the pro-unity rally, a few dozen were deployed at Kulykove Pole; about 100 officers were standing by in the vicinity. thumb|273px|Memorial at the place of death of pro-Ukrainain activist Andriy Biriykov, killed in the clashes Following the attack on the pro-Maidan rally, numerous fights broke out. Both sides fought running battles against one other, exchanging stones and petrol bombs, and built barricades throughout the city during the afternoon.2 May 2014 Ukraine suffers deadliest day in months; 34 killed in Odessa The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-army-launches-assault-on-rebel-stronghold/2014/05/02/b1c589e8-be8f-43a1-9927-13310c24b653_story.html live 2 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140702195511/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-army-launches-assault-on-rebel-stronghold/2014/05/02/b1c589e8-be8f-43a1-9927-13310c24b653_story.html 2 July 2014 According to OHCHR both sides had various kinds of helmets, masks, shields, axes, wooden or metal sticks, and firearms. According to OmTV there were mostly air pistols and the first actual firearms use was by Antimaidan activist Vitaly Budko ("Botsman") who opened fire with an 5.45 mm AK-74 automatic rifle. Witnesses pointed out that he was shooting from behind the police line, effectively covered by the law enforcement operatives. The first victim was pro-Ukrainian activist Igor Ivanov, who died from a 5.45 mm bullet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acpju6DqCOM Независимое расследование. Одесса 2 мая без мифов. Independent investigation. Odesa May 2 without myths. 3 May 2015 11 May 2015 OmTV 7 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150607061812/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acpju6DqCOM livehttp://novosti.dn.ua/details/224158/ Вчера в Одессе сепаратисты расстреливали проукраинских митингующих. Фотофакт Yesterday in Odessa separatists shot pro-Maidan protesters News of Donbass 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 ru 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503092223/http://novosti.dn.ua/details/224158/ live http://news.liga.net/photo/society/1596337-v_internete_poyavilis_foto_vooruzhennykh_odesskikh_separatistov.htm#5 On the Internet there Odessa photo armed separatists Liga News 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503084449/http://news.liga.net/photo/society/1596337-v_internete_poyavilis_foto_vooruzhennykh_odesskikh_separatistov.htm#5 live The other pro-Ukrainian activist killed was Andriy Biryukov. Some shots were fired from the roof top of the Afina shopping centre to shoot down at the crowds. Budko later left the scene in ambulance together with police commander Dmitry Fuchedzhy (Russian: Дмитрий Фучеджи). Afterwards the pro-Russian activists claimed that Budko was using blank rounds or, in another version, an airsoft replica. However, analysis of videos by the 2 May Group proved that Budko was indeed using a combat AK-74 with live rounds — the rifle does not have blank-firing adapter installed and spent cartridge cases are clearly seen being ejected, which is only possible with live rounds.http://dumskaya.net/news/gruppa-2-maya-bocman-strelyal-iz-ognestrelnogo-o-043556/ Одесская трагедия: "антимайдановец" Боцман стрелял из огнестрельного оружия Новости Одессы Odesa tragedy: "anti-Maidan" boatswain fired from firearms News of Odesa dumskaya.net 2017-04-09 9 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170409203004/http://dumskaya.net/news/gruppa-2-maya-bocman-strelyal-iz-ognestrelnogo-o-043556/ live Fuchedzhy shortly after fled to Russia and obtained Russian citizenship, while Russian law enforcement denied any legal help to Ukrainian investigation of his role in the tragedy.Ключевой фигурант дела о трагедии в Одессе 2 мая 2014 года Фучеджи получил гражданство России The key defendant in the case of the tragedy in Odesa on May 2, 2014, Fuchedzhi received Russian citizenship https://gordonua.com/news/localnews/klyuchevoy-figurant-dela-o-tragedii-v-odesse-2-maya-2014-goda-fuchedzhi-poluchil-grazhdanstvo-rossii-199351.html 2020-08-13 gordonua.com 20 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200920063925/https://gordonua.com/news/localnews/klyuchevoy-figurant-dela-o-tragedii-v-odesse-2-maya-2014-goda-fuchedzhi-poluchil-grazhdanstvo-rossii-199351.html live Videos from the killing of Ivanov, rapidly spreading in social networks, was – according to people interviewed by OmTV – the tipping point in the conflict and resulted in bringing in a large number of Molotov cocktails, further airguns and hunting rifles to the conflict. Four anti-Maidan activists died from firearms shortly after on Hretska Ploshcha: Evgeniy Losinsky, Alexandr Zhulkov, Nikolai Yavorskiy – from hunting bullets, and Gennadiy Petrov – from 5.6 bullets.Chronology of events May 2, 2014 in Odessa (in English). Part 1 http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html Группа 2 мая. (the 2 May Group) 1 May 2017 7 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170307055211/http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html liveХронология событий 2 мая 2014 года в Одессе (на русском языке, уточненная). Часть 1 Chronology of events on May 2, 2014 in Odessa (in Russian, corrected). Part 1 http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2016/04/2-2014-1.html May 2 Group 30 April 2017 19 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171019073157/http://2maygroup.blogspot.no/2016/04/2-2014-1.html liveТрагедия 2 мая в Одессе. Реконструкция. Часть 2 — столкновение Tragedy on May 2 in Odesa. Reconstruction. Part 2 - collision https://timer-odessa.net/statji/tragediya_2_maya_v_odesse_rekonstruktsiya_chast_2.html 30 April 2017 Таймер 28 April 2017 2 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170502160813/http://timer-odessa.net/statji/tragediya_2_maya_v_odesse_rekonstruktsiya_chast_2.html liveЧерный день Одессы: следователи "оправдали" массовое убийство в Доме профсоюзов Black day in Odesa: investigators "justified" the massacre in the House of Trade Unions http://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/04/28/chernyy-den-odessy-sledovateli-opravdali-massovoe-ubiystvo-v-dome-profsoyuzov.html 30 April 2017 Московский Комсомолец 28 April 2016 30 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170530075705/http://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/04/28/chernyy-den-odessy-sledovateli-opravdali-massovoe-ubiystvo-v-dome-profsoyuzov.html live Trade Unions House fire yes uk ru Пожежа в одеському Будинку профспілок Пожар в одесском Доме профсоюзов hist July 2023 A view of the Trade Unions House, on Kulykove Pole, prior to the unrest|thumb|right|273x273px As soon as word spread about the attack by pro-Russian demonstrators, a call by pro-Maidan demonstrators to go to Kulikovo Field and destroy the anti-Maidan camp emerged on social networks. As a result, the pro-Russian crowd was later overwhelmed by the pro-Maidan demonstrators, and their encampment outside the Trade Unions House building was torched. Thereupon, the pro-Russian activists entered that building and occupied it.http://www.unian.net/politics/914049-v-odesse-proukrainskie-aktivistyi-likvidirovali-lager-separatistov.html В Одессе проукраинские активисты ликвидировали лагерь сепаратистов In Odesa, the pro-Maidan activists eliminated the separatists Ukrainian Independent Information Agency 2 May 2014 3 May 2014 ru 2 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140502233948/http://www.unian.net/politics/914049-v-odesse-proukrainskie-aktivistyi-likvidirovali-lager-separatistov.html live The building is five stories tall, and is the headquarters of the Odesa regional federation of trade unions.http://www.unian.net/politics/914096-v-dome-profsoyuzov-v-odesse-naydeno-36-trupov-gschs.html В Доме профсоюзов в Одессе найдено 36 трупов – ГСЧС In the House of Trade Unions in Odesa found 36 corpses – GSCHS Ukrainian Independent Information Agency 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503042127/http://www.unian.net/politics/914096-v-dome-profsoyuzov-v-odesse-naydeno-36-trupov-gschs.html live It is located on Kulikovo Field, in the city centre. Reports about the precise sequence of events that followed vary between different sources, including several confirmed fake reports being spread through social networks.http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-this-week-new-us-sanctions-hit-closer-to-putin/ Russia This Week: News and Social Media Coverage of Tragic Deaths in Odessa (28 April-4 May) The Interpreter Magazine 2014-05-04 2015-05-02 Catherine A. Fitzpatrick 8 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150108051415/http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-this-week-new-us-sanctions-hit-closer-to-putin/ live While defending the building, militants on the roof tossed rocks and petrol bombs at the protesters below.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-dead-odessa-building-fire Dozens reported dead after Odessa building fire The Guardian "Pro-Russia fighters mounted a last-ditch defence of the burning building, throwing masonry and petrol bombs from the roof on to the crowd below." 2 May 2014 Amos Howard 13 December 2016 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503014148/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-dead-odessa-building-fire live Will From http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/473754/Dozens-killed-by-smoke-as-Ukraine-moves-closer-to-civil-war Dozens killed by smoke as Ukraine moves closer to civil war | World Daily Express 2 May 2014 14 May 2014 13 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140513200009/http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/473754/Dozens-killed-by-smoke-as-Ukraine-moves-closer-to-civil-war live A report by the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN) said that the pro-Maidan crowd began to throw petrol bombs into the building after having been fired upon by the pro-Russian group.http://www.unian.net/politics/914095-kak-gorel-dom-profsoyuzov-v-odesse.html#ad-image-0 Как горел Дом профсоюзов в Одессе : Новости УНИАН How the House of Trade Unions burned in Odesa : UNIAN News Ukrainian Independent Information Agency 14 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505074639/http://www.unian.net/politics/914095-kak-gorel-dom-profsoyuzov-v-odesse.html#ad-image-0 live BBC News said that the situation was unclear, with multiple sources indicating that both sides had been throwing petrol bombs at each other. Several eyewitnesses told the BBC that the fire started on the third floor when a petrol bomb was thrown at a closed window from inside the building, and the Kyiv Post reported that several flaming bottles held by Ukrainian unity activists outside were thrown into the front entrance, and through the windows on the second and fourth floors. An official investigation conducted by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry stated that while no firearms were found inside the building, those on the roof were shooting at the crowd below, and accidentally set the building on fire whilst throwing petrol bombs from above.14 May 2014 06:59 http://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1337991-v-militsiyi-nazivayut-domislami-informatsiyu-pro-nibito-zagiblikh-v-odesi-rosiyan-i-pridnistrovtsiv В милиции называют домыслами информацию о якобы погибших в Одессе россиян и приднестровцев. Информационное агентство Украинские Национальные Новости (УНН). The police call the information about the Russians and Pridnestrovians allegedly killed in Odesa as speculation. Information agency Ukrainian National News (UNN). Unn.com.ua 9 August 2013 14 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505010818/http://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1337991-v-militsiyi-nazivayut-domislami-informatsiyu-pro-nibito-zagiblikh-v-odesi-rosiyan-i-pridnistrovtsiv live http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-russia-behind-kidnapping-of-osce-military-observers-updates-videos-346066.html Police say pro-Russians accidentally set fatal Odessa fire with Molotov cocktails (LIVE UPDATES, VIDEO) Kyiv Post 3 May 2014 14 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503232042/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-russia-behind-kidnapping-of-osce-military-observers-updates-videos-346066.html live One of the pro-Maidan protesters who was shot (non-fatally) by a sniper from the trade unions building was Andrey Krasilnikov, a Russian citizen and Euromaidan activist. thumb|Inside the house of Trade Unions after the fire. |273x273px As reported by the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe, forensic examination of the fire by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior identified five independent fire centres: in the lobby of the building, on the staircases between the ground and first floors, in a room on the first floor, and on the landing between the second and third floors (para. 122). The fire centres other than in the lobby could only have been started as a result of the actions of persons inside the building. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the fire started in the lobby and people died as a result of the rapid spread of the fire due to the chimney effect of the central stairwell. Molotov cocktails had been used by both parties to the conflict, and that there was no evidence of pre-planned arson or of the use of chloroform or other toxic agents (para. 123). These findings were confirmed by the 2 May Group's investigation, which reported that the blaze started when the barricade in front of the entrance to the building caught fire as a result of the exchange of Molotov cocktails; the fire subsequently spread through the entrance door into the lobby of the building (Annex VII). According to the 2 May Group, many people fled to upper floors and died rather than leaving the building through the other exits on the ground floor, possibly because they were afraid of the pro-unity activists outside. No-one died in the Trade Union Building other than as a direct result of the fire: most of the victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning and burn injuries, and some others as a result of trying to escape the fire by jumping out of the building (Annex VII). Fifty anti-Maidan activists remained on the roof, barricading themselves in and refusing to leave, and evacuated the building at around 4 am, after long negotiations with the police. Some of those who tried to escape the fire were set upon and beaten during their attempts to flee by some pro-Maidan demonstrators, and video footage shows people being assaulted by pro-Maidan protesters after they had jumped out of the windows of the burning building, while other pro-Maidan demonstrators created makeshift ladders and platforms and used them to rescue people trapped inside the building (para. 28).3 May 2014 Death by fire in Odessa as country suffers bloodiest day since the revolution The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10806656/Ukraine-crisis-death-by-fire-in-Odessa-as-country-suffers-bloodiest-day-since-the-revolution.html live 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505012344/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10806656/Ukraine-crisis-death-by-fire-in-Odessa-as-country-suffers-bloodiest-day-since-the-revolution.html 5 May 2014 According to witnesses, some pro-Maidan demonstrators outside the building chanted "burn Colorado, burn," referring to a derogatory term for pro-Russian activists who wear the Ribbon of Saint George. thumb|273px|The fire-damaged Unions House The high number of deaths may also have been caused by the delay in the emergency services' response, according to the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe and to the investigations by the 2 May Group.Hale Henry E. Shevel Oxana Onuch Olga 2018-09-14 Believing Facts in the Fog of War: Identity, Media and Hot Cognition in Ukraine's 2014 Odesa Tragedy https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/67333676/Odesa_Full_Submission_to_Geopolitics_20180126.pdf Geopolitics Informa UK Limited 23 4 851–881 10.1080/14650045.2018.1465044 1465-0045 150236651 The first fire crews took up to 40 minutes to arrive at the scene even though the closest fire station was less than a five-minute drive away. The audio recording of the telephone calls to the dispatch centre was later posted on the Internet, and the dispatcher can be heard telling callers that there was no risk involved in burning tents in an open space, and then hanging up; at some point she consulted a superior as to whether she should continue to respond in this way and was instructed to do so (para. 26). Representatives of the State Emergency Service claimed that the large number of people gathered around the building and the aggressive behaviour on some of them prevented the fire crews from performing their job promptly, but the investigation by the 2 May Group did not find any evidence of access by fire crews having been obstructed (para. 27). The fire crews were ordered not to intervene on an explicit order from Vladimir Bodelan (Russian: Владимир Боделан), head of emergency services for Odesa Oblast. Immediately on the day of the tragedy Bodelan fled Ukraine for Russia, obtained Russian citizenship and started a career in Russian administration in Crimea. Russia has been consistently refusing legal help in investigation of Bodelan's role in the tragedy. In 2021 a group of Russian activists posted an open letter calling Russian prosecutors to explain this protection, but it was ignored.2023-05-02 Трагедия 2 мая: где сейчас находятся главные фигуранты расследования https://odessa-life.od.ua/article/tragedija-2-maja-gde-sejchas-nahodjatsja-glavnye-figuranty-rassledovanija 2023-05-02 Одесская Жизнь ru-RUПочему Москва молчит о карьере соучастника Одессы 2 мая в Крыму? https://regnum.ru/article/3307202.html 2023-05-02 ИА REGNUM ru The local police was also slow to intervene. According to the International Advisory Panel, they started to arrest protesters only after 41 persons had already died and, when the fire was extinguished, they entered the building and arrested 63 anti-Maidan who were still inside or on the roof (para. 30).Toal Gerard Near abroad: Putin, the West and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus Oxford University Press 2017 978-0-19-025330-1 New York, NY 264 963439399 Gerard Toalhttps://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b International Advisory Panel Report November 2015 Council of Europe 14 April 2022 para. 30 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421140830/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168048851b 2022-04-21 live Casualties thumb|right|A memorial to those who died in the clashes at a barricade made of tyres in Donetsk The names of all victims have been established by journalists and published by local media: Dumska and Timer.http://timer-odessa.net/news/mayskaya_boynya_obnovlenniy_spisok_pogibshih_sredi_nih_nesovershennoletniy_826.html Майская бойня: обновлённый список погибших, среди них несовершеннолетний May massacre: updated list of dead, including a minor timer-odessa.net Таймер (Timer) ru 2018-05-01 16 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170516140627/http://timer-odessa.net/news/mayskaya_boynya_obnovlenniy_spisok_pogibshih_sredi_nih_nesovershennoletniy_826.html live2015-03-11 Одесская трагедия: стали известны имена 47 из 48 погибших во время беспорядков 2 мая Новости Одессы Odesa tragedy: the names of 47 of the 48 who died during the riots on May 2 became known News of Odesa http://dumskaya.net/news/utechka-mvd-obnarodovalo-nepolnyj-spisok-pogibsh-044432/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180303142120/http://dumskaya.net/news/utechka-mvd-obnarodovalo-nepolnyj-spisok-pogibsh-044432/ 3 March 2018 2018-05-01 dumskaya.net According to UN OHCHR report, 42 people died in a fire that erupted in the House of Trade Unions: 32 from carbon monoxide poisoning, and 10 after leaping from windows to escape the flames.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10805412/Ukraine-crisis-dozens-killed-in-Odessa-fire-as-violence-spreads-to-countrys-south.html Dozens killed in Odessa fire as violence spreads to country's south The Daily Telegraph 2 May 2014 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503061235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10805412/Ukraine-crisis-dozens-killed-in-Odessa-fire-as-violence-spreads-to-countrys-south.html live These were 34 men, seven women and a 17-year-old boy, all of them - either anti-Maidan supporters or people who happened to be at the site of the incident. Six people were killed earlier the same day from firearms at Hretska Square: four anti-Maidan and two Euromaidan supporters. In total, 48 people died in one day as a result of the clashes. Hospital staff reported that 174 were injured, and 25 were in critical condition.http://www.theinsider.ua/politics/u-likarnyakh-odesi-bilshe-170-postrazhdalikh/ У лікарнях Одеси – більше 170 постраждалих Hospitals in Odesa – more than 170 injured The Insider 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 uk 2 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140502231807/http://www.theinsider.ua/politics/u-likarnyakh-odesi-bilshe-170-postrazhdalikh/ live 172 people were reported arrested as a result of the conflict,http://www.unian.net/politics/914210-mvd-bolshinstvo-zaderjannyih-v-odesse-grajdane-rossii-i-jiteli-pridnestrovya.html МВД: большинство задержанных в Одессе - граждане России и жители Приднестровья MIA: Most of the detainees in Odesa – Russian citizens and residents of Transnistria Ukrainian Independent Information Agency 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503154637/http://www.unian.net/politics/914210-mvd-bolshinstvo-zaderjannyih-v-odesse-grajdane-rossii-i-jiteli-pridnestrovya.html live and 38 anti-Maidan activists were detained by police after they had been evacuated from the burning building; most of them were badly injured.http://timer.od.ua/news/boynya_na_kulikovom_pole_militsiya_zaderjala_38_antimaydanovtsev_583.html Бойня на Куликовом поле: милиция задержала 38 "антимайдановцев" Massacre on Kulikovo field: police detained 38 "anti-Maidan" 15 November 2014 26 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141026140230/http://timer.od.ua/news/boynya_na_kulikovom_pole_militsiya_zaderjala_38_antimaydanovtsev_583.html live Rumors and conspiracy theories Nationality of the victims On the day of the event there appeared rumors that of those who died in the fire, fifteen were Russian citizens, and five were from Transnistria.Наразі пожежа вже ліквідована, проте її причини досі невідомі The fire has now been extinguished, but its causes are still unknown http://tsn.ua/politika/zhertvami-pozhezhi-v-odesi-stali-15-rosiyan-ta-p-yatero-gromadyan-pridnistrov-ya-347944.html TSN.ua 2 May 2014 5 May 2015 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503011248/http://tsn.ua/politika/zhertvami-pozhezhi-v-odesi-stali-15-rosiyan-ta-p-yatero-gromadyan-pridnistrov-ya-347944.html live The Interior Ministry debunked these rumors since the identity of most of the victims had not been determined on 2 May.В міліції називають домислами інформацію про нібито загиблих в Одесі росіян і придністровців The police call the information about Russians and Transnistrians allegedly killed in Odesa a conjecture http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1337991-v-militsiyi-nazivayut-domislami-informatsiyu-pro-nibito-zagiblikh-v-odesi-rosiyan-i-pridnistrovtsiv Українські національні новини 3 May 2014 5 May 2015 16 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150416095230/http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1337991-v-militsiyi-nazivayut-domislami-informatsiyu-pro-nibito-zagiblikh-v-odesi-rosiyan-i-pridnistrovtsiv live Later reports showed that none of the identified victims was from Russia or Transnistria.Опознаны восемь погибших в Доме профсоюзов в Одессе – все одесситы https://web.archive.org/web/20141129205158/http://interfax.com.ua/news/general/203250.html 29 November 2014 , Interfax-Ukraine, 3 May 2014| language=Russianhttp://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/odessa-who-is-to-blame-for-46-odessa-deaths-346817.html Odessa: Who is to blame for 46 Odessa deaths? Kyiv Post 7 May 2014 10 May 2014 10 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140510050723/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/odessa-who-is-to-blame-for-46-odessa-deaths-346817.html live Out of the 48 people killed, 46 were from Odesa or Odesa region, one from Mykolaiv Oblast and one from Vinnytsia. Allegations of beatings, rape and killings On Russian-speaking social networks and pro-Russian online platforms unconfirmed accounts claimed that some anti-Maidan protesters had been beaten, raped and killed in the Trade Unions House before the fire broke out.Sakwa Richard Frontline Ukraine: crisis in the borderlands I.B. Tauris 2016 978-1-78453-527-8 London 98 941070392 Images allegedly showing the body of a raped and strangled pregnant woman widely circulated on the internet and occasionally made their way into the academic literature.Boyd-Barrett Oliver Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis: A Study in Conflict Propaganda Routledge 2017 978-1-317-19600-6 27 Experts found no evidence to suggest that a pregnant woman had been killed. The local medical examiner stated that the body pictured was that of a 54 year-old woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning, while the Ukrainian fact-checking group StopFake identified it as a 59-year old woman who died "from the combination of thermal damage, smoke inhalation and related poisoning."Zvereva Vera 2021-01-02 Social media users in search of 'facts': the Trade Union House fire case Russian Journal of Communication Informa UK Limited 13 1 11–28 10.1080/19409419.2021.1893212 232433411 1940-9419 free https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/123456789/74607/1/zvereva.pdf Binder Eva "Truth" and Fiction. Conspiracy Theories in Eastern European Culture and Literature Kaltseis Magdalena 2020 transcript Verlag 185–210 Odessa 2014: Alternative News and Atrocity Narratives on Russian TV 10.1515/9783839446508-011 9783839446508 240015321 This and other fake news were debunked by the 2 May Group investigation and by the report of the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe. Allegations of chloroform Immediately after the fire, rumors, later proven to be false, began to spread that some kind of poisonous substance was responsible for the deaths. On 3 May, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Vitaliy Yarema, noted that people "died suddenly, very quickly" due to the burning of "a certain substance that emitted gas."19 May 2014 Эксперты: версия гибели людей в Одессе от хлороформа сомнительна Experts: the version of the death of people in Odesa from chloroform is doubtful https://ria.ru/20140519/1008441665.html 2022-05-04 РИА Новости ru On 6 May, then-presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko told journalists about a closed session of parliament where evidence was presented that "toxic substances" had been placed in the Trade Unions House to facilitate an increased death toll,http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/donetsk-airport-closed-as-casualties-mount-in-odesa-live-updates-346417.html Poroshenko says toxic chemicals were used in Odesa trade union fire; Deshchytsia, Lavrov to have working dinner (LIVE UPDATES) KyivPost 6 May 2014 15 November 2014 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021152/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/donetsk-airport-closed-as-casualties-mount-in-odesa-live-updates-346417.html live and that the events were organised in advance by Russian and local officials.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/6/7024557/ Порошенко каже, що людей в Одесі могли отруїти Poroshenko says people in Odesa could have been poisoned 15 November 2014 14 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141114100651/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/6/7024557/ live At a press conference on 15 May 2014, Ivan Katerynchuk, Head of the Ministry of Interior Office in the Odesa Region, denied that any gas had been used to poison those inside the Trade Union Building. A few days later, on 19 May, Ukraine's deputy Interior Minister and Chief Investigator Vitaliy Sakal told journalists that traces of chloroform had been found in the building.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-19/ukrainian-investigator-sees-chloroform-as-cause-of-odessa-deaths Ukrainian Investigator Sees Chloroform as Cause of Odessa Deaths Bloomberg BusinessWeek 19 May 2014 12 June 2014 29 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029034506/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-19/ukrainian-investigator-sees-chloroform-as-cause-of-odessa-deaths dead Russian experts in organic chemistry were skeptical about claims that chloroform could have been the cause of death of those killed in the House of Trade Unions. According to them, in order for several dozen people to be poisoned to death with chloroform even in a relatively small room, "it must be spilled in extremely large quantities - many tens, if not hundreds of liters." In November 2015 the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe, summarising the forensic investigations made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office and by the 2 May Group, reported that the use of poisonous gases or chloroform had not been confirmed, and stated that it was "regrettable that definitive statements were made on the matter when it was still the subject of examination by forensic experts" (para. 260). This was confirmed by the 2 May Group, a panel of independent experts set up to investigate the clashes. Aftermath thumb|Memorial at the fire-damaged Unions House, 22 May 2014 The city of Odesa announced that three days of mourning would be held in honour of those who died in the clashes.3 May 2014 Двухдневный траур объявлен на Украине по погибшим в Одессе Two-day mourning declared in Ukraine for those killed in Odesa https://ria.ru/20140503/1006393023.html 2022-04-15 RIA Novosti ru Ukrainian interim President Oleksandr Turchynov followed suit, declaring two days of national mourning for those who died in the clashes, also those who died during a government counter-offensive in Donetsk Oblast. Both pro-Russian and pro-Maidan demonstrators gathered outside the burnt Trade Unions House on the day after the clashes.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27268775 Russia sympathisers vent anger at Ukraine Odessa deaths BBC News 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503232124/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27268775 live Roughly 2,000 pro-Russian protesters gathered outside, chanting: "Odesa is a Russian city."http://www.voanews.com/content/ukrainian-anti-terror-chief-this-is-war-/1906900.html Ukraine Anti-Terror Chief: This Is War Voice of America News 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140504033048/http://www.voanews.com/content/ukrainian-anti-terror-chief-this-is-war-/1906900.html 4 May 2014 dead There was a heavy police presence, and some minor scuffles between protesters. In another outbreak of unrest, the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Odesa was attacked by several hundred pro-Russian activists on 4 May.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27276120 Odessa detainees freed as police HQ attacked BBC News 4 May 2014 4 May 2014 4 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140504143950/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27276120 live Originally a protest, the events later turned violent when masked demonstrators with improvised weapons started breaking windows, and forcing gates open. In an attempt to pacify the protesters, the officials inside the building released between 30 and 67 of those arrested in the aftermath of the clashes. Elsewhere in the city, supporters of federalisation attacked a Ukrainian reporter for Channel 5 news.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024357/ Прихильники федералізації в Одесі напали на журналістів; Українська правда Proponents of federalization in Odesa attacked journalists; Ukrainian Pravda Ukrayinska Pravda 4 May 2014 14 May 2014 11 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140511031649/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024357/ live A rally of several hundred pro-Maidan activists marched to the site of the fire, raised the Ukrainian flag from the central flagpole, and observed a moment of silence for the victims.http://www.unian.net/politics/914420-v-odesse-aktivistyi-na-kulikovom-pole-ustanovili-flag-ukrainyi.html В Одессе активисты на Куликовом поле установили флаг Украины : Новости УНИАН In Odesa, activists on the Kulikovo field set the flag of Ukraine : UNIAN News Ukrainian Independent Information Agency 14 May 2014 7 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140507082951/http://www.unian.net/politics/914420-v-odesse-aktivistyi-na-kulikovom-pole-ustanovili-flag-ukrainyi.html live In response to the conflict, Odesa governor Nemirovsky announced the formation of a 'territorial defence battalion' of the army and would be recruiting to quickly restore order in the region.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024366/ Одеса створює власний батальйон для самозахисту; Українська правда Odesa creates its own battalion for self-defense; Ukrainian Pravda Ukrayinska Pravda 4 May 2014 14 May 2014 11 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140511031754/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024366/ live About sixty people gathered on Kulikovo Field to commemorate the tragedy on 13 July.http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/121316 Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 14 July Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 15 July 2014 17 July 2014 25 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140725075018/http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/121316 live Another demonstration on the field on the same day drew about 120 people. They chanted "Donbass, we are with you", in reference to the ongoing War in Donbas. Odesa city mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov told OSCE monitors on 23 July that the "underlying tensions" of the 2 May clashes remained in the city, and that he feared for the city's security.http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/121790 Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 23 July Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 24 July 2014 25 July 2014 11 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211111212651/https://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/121790 live Odesa was struck by six bomb blasts in December 2014, one of which killed one person (the injuries sustained by the victim indicated that he had dealt with explosives).News Analysis: Bombing Campaign Opens New Front In Battle For Ukraine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (9 January 2015)Two dead after Ukraine rocked by series of blasts https://web.archive.org/web/20150128111107/http://mashable.com/2014/12/27/ukraine-blasts/ 28 January 2015 , Mashable (28 December 2014)Interior minister's advisor says Kharkiv, Odesa explosions aim at escalating tensions in Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20141230005503/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/241835.html 30 December 2014 , Interfax-Ukraine (25 December 2014)Bomb Explosion in Odessa Could Have Targeted Ukraine Army Charity Point https://web.archive.org/web/20150318230918/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/bomb-explosion-in-odessa-could-have-targeted-volunteer-organization-for-ukraine-army/513053.html 18 March 2015 , The Moscow Times (10 December 2014) Internal Affairs Ministry advisor Zorian Shkiryak said on 25 December that Odesa and Kharkiv had become "cities which are being used to escalate tensions" in Ukraine. Shkiryak said that he suspected that these cities were singled out by the Russian state because of their "geographic position". Investigation Investigators probed four theories: an order to extremist groups to destabilise the situation in Ukraine; unlawful activity by Odesa regional authorities and police aimed at discrediting the then-current central government; unchecked actions by football fans and pro-Russia groups; and a provocation by radical individuals.Interior Ministry: Chloroform discovered in Odessa Trade Unions building where 32 died http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/interior-ministry-chloroform-discovered-in-odessa-trade-unions-building-348449.html Kyiv Post 19 May 2014 5 May 2015 30 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150430023222/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/interior-ministry-chloroform-discovered-in-odessa-trade-unions-building-348449.html live As of May 2017, the official investigation was still in progress and criticized by Ukrainian human-rights groups and international bodies for lack of progress and failure to investigate key evidence. At least one case had been taken to European Court of Human Rights by a mother whose son died in the clashes.http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1492438463 Ukraine faces human rights court hammering over investigation of Odesa 2 May Tragedy – Human Rights in Ukraine khpg.org 2017-05-01 9 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170509015555/http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1492438463 live UN Human Rights office states in its 2016 report: criminal prosecutions ... appear to have been initiated in a partial fashion. Only activists from the 'pro-federalism' camp have been prosecuted so far, while the majority of victims were supporters of 'pro-federalism' movement... The investigations into the violence have been affected by systemic institutional deficiencies and characterized by procedural irregularities, which appear to indicate an unwillingness to genuinely investigate and prosecute those responsible. Pro-Maidan activist Serhiy Khodiak was officially accused of murder, but he was not arrested. He was released after two days in custody due to the pressure of other Euromaidan activists on the court. Although the pre-trial investigation was completed in August 2015, the trial had not yet started as of May 2016.Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 February to 15 May 2016 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 May 2017 17 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170517163153/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf live None of Euromaidan activists was under arrest as of March 2016,Возле суда в Одессе во время слушания дела о трагедии 2 мая избили двоих обвиняемых Near the court in Odesa during the hearing of the tragedy on May 2, two defendants were beaten http://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/2729346 3 May 2017 TASS 10 March 2016 19 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171019072453/http://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/2729346 live and May 2017. At the same time, around a dozen anti-Maidan supporters were held in custody for at least two years. Some of them launched a hunger strike. Three years after the events, five anti-Maidan supporters remain in custody.Как движется расследование событий 2 мая 2014 года в Одессе How is the investigation of the events of May 2, 2014 in Odesa going? http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-39781023 3 May 2017 BBC Russian Service 2 May 2017 3 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170503124403/http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-39781023 live A Euromaidan activist Vsevolod Honcharevskii is accused in beating people who jumped out of the windows of the House of Trade Unions. He was detained in August 2014, but the court decided to release him one month later. In 2015 the court resumed an investigation against him, but in October 2016 Goncharevskii was still free and participating in military operations against separatists.2016-10-16 Подозреваемый в добивании людей возле Дома профсоюзов в Одессе служит в зоне АТО Suspected of killing people near the House of Trade Unions in Odessa serves in the ATO zone CTPAHA.UA https://ctrana.news/news/36280-obvinyaemyj-v-dobivanii-lyudej-vozle-doma-profsoyuzov-nashelsya-v-zone-ato.html live 2018-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502141119/https://strana.ua/news/36280-obvinyaemyj-v-dobivanii-lyudej-vozle-doma-profsoyuzov-nashelsya-v-zone-ato.html 2 May 2018http://timer-odessa.net/news/vozobnovleno_delo_v_otnoshenii_vsevoloda_goncharevskogo_kotoriy_dobival_lyudey_2_maya_934.html Возобновлено расследование преступлений Всеволода Гончаревского, который добивал людей 2 мая The investigation of the crimes of Vsevolod Goncharevsky, who finished off people on May 2, has been resumed 2015-07-03 timer-odessa.net Таймер (Timer) ru 2018-05-02 2 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211104/http://timer-odessa.net/news/vozobnovleno_delo_v_otnoshenii_vsevoloda_goncharevskogo_kotoriy_dobival_lyudey_2_maya_934.html live In September 2017, the Chornomorsk town court of Odesa Oblast concluded that all 19 people accused of participation in the clashes on Hretska ploshcha, are not guilty. The court criticized the prosecution for being biased against the anti-Maidan activists and for low quality of investigation. Five anti-Maidan activists who had remained in custody for 3.5 years, were ordered to be released. However, two of them were immediately arrested again by SBU on new charges related to a peaceful anti-Maidan motor rally in March 2014. The Ukrainian prosecutors announced that they will appeal the sentence to the Court of Appeal of the Odesa Oblast. Pressure on the Courts The court is under severe pressure, e.g. on 27 November 2015, the Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa granted release on bail to five anti-Maidan detainees. In response, around 50 Right Sector and other Euromaidan activists blocked the detention facility searching all vehicles for the detainees to be released, they pressured the prosecution to appeal, blocked the judge of the Court of Appeals of Odesa Region in his office, urging him to grant the appeal, and forced the judges of the Malynovskyi District Court to resign. In a few days, the decision to release the detainees was cancelled, in violation of procedural law.Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2015 to 15 February 2016 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_13th_HRMMU_Report_3March2016.pdf UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 May 2017 6 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306083551/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_13th_HRMMU_Report_3March2016.pdf liveСудей по делу о трагедии в Одессе вынудили уволиться The judges in the case of the tragedy in Odesa were forced to resign http://korrespondent.net/city/odessa/3596785-sudei-po-delu-o-trahedyy-v-odesse-vynudyly-uvolytsia 3 May 2017 Корреспондент.net (korrespondent.net) 30 November 2015 9 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170309195424/http://korrespondent.net/city/odessa/3596785-sudei-po-delu-o-trahedyy-v-odesse-vynudyly-uvolytsia live On 10 March 2016, 'anti-Maidan' accused have been attacked by Euromaidan activists near the court building leading to hospitalization one of them. According to OHCHR, up to 50 aggressive Euromaidan activists can be observed in the courtroom with police being unable to protect those involved in the proceedings. Two district courts of Odesa refused to consider the case because judges were intimidated. UN OHCHR reported in 2018 about the lack of progress in investigations into harassment of and pressure on judges dealing with the mass disorder cases by Euromaidan activists, despite the identification of some alleged perpetrators by victims or witnesses.http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/ReportUkraineNov2017-Feb2018_EN.pdf Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2017 to 15 February 2018 2018-03-19 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041356/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/ReportUkraineNov2017-Feb2018_EN.pdf 2018-05-03 dead 2018-05-02 Russian nationals The day after the fire, the Interior Ministry released a statement saying that 172 people had been arrested. They said that the meticulous preparation of the unrest in the town was evident from the fact that the majority of the detainees who had been identified at the time were Russian nationals and residents of Transnistria. Police confiscated firearms and a significant amount of incendiary mixture during the arrests. That same day Vitaly Yarema, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, said there were foreigners among both the participants of mass riots and the victims in Odesa.November 2021 According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the clashes that took place involved the participation of 'illegal military groups' and mercenaries coordinated in Transnistria by subversive groups from Russia, and financed by former members of the Yanukovych government. Named were former Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov and former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Klymenko. "Subversion in the Ukrainian city of Odesa that was financed by former top officials targeted at disrupting stability in the south of Ukraine," said Kateryna Kosareva, SBU press spokeswoman. "Its organizers were planning that it would be the beginning of full scale instability in the rest of the southern regions of our country."http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-yanukovych-allies-arbuzov-and-klymenko-financed-riots-in-odessa-346099.html SBU: Yanukovych allies Arbuzov and Klymenko financed riots in Odessa Kyiv Post 3 May 2014 14 May 2014 13 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140513074901/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/sbu-yanukovych-allies-arbuzov-and-klymenko-financed-riots-in-odessa-346099.html live The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVS) announced that among the conflict organizers it had detained, at least three were citizens of the Russian Federation. Among them were named Evgeny Mefedov, from Yoshkar-Ola; Andrei Krasilnikov, from Nizhny Novgorod; and Alexander Zolotashko.СБУ и МИД заявили о причастности россиян к провокациям и беспорядкам в Одессе SBU and Foreign Ministry announced the involvement of Russians in provocations and riots in Odesa http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/sbu-i-mid-zayavili-o-prichastii-rossiyan-k-provokaciyam-i-besporyadkam-v-odesse-144360_.html ZN 3 May 2014 5 May 2015 7 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150207031414/http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/sbu-i-mid-zayavili-o-prichastii-rossiyan-k-provokaciyam-i-besporyadkam-v-odesse-144360_.html live The SBU then identified other Russian citizens arrested: Boris Demylov; Sergei Pavlov; Alexander Vdovin; Sergei Sidorenko; and Dmitri Bormotov, from Evenk Autonomous Okrug.http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024370/ СБУ уточнила список росіян, причетних до бойні в Одесі; Українська правда The SBU has clarified the list of Russians involved in the massacre in Odesa; Ukrainian Pravda Ukrayinska Pravda 14 May 2014 11 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140511031825/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/4/7024370/ live As of May 2016, two Russian nationals, Mefedov and Sakauov, had remained in custody for 2 years despite the prosecution failing to provide sufficient evidence against them.https://meduza.io/feature/2016/06/27/zaklyuchennye-ili-plennye Заключенные или пленные: Кого еще могут обменять Россия и Украина: главные имена Prisoners or prisoners: Who else can be exchanged by Russia and Ukraine: the main names May 2022 translation seems questionable 2016-06-27 Meduza 2018-05-02 ru-RU 2 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212129/https://meduza.io/feature/2016/06/27/zaklyuchennye-ili-plennye live According to the United Nations OHCHR, the prosecution failed to ensure the presence of witnesses and, after a year of hearings, requested to recuse the panel of judges. Both citizens of the Russian Federation launched a hunger strike. The panel of judges notified the General Prosecutor of Ukraine several times about the low quality of the prosecution and reprimanded the prosecution for delaying the proceedings. In September 2017, the Chornomorsk town court declared that both Russian citizens, Mefedov and Sakauov (as well as 17 other accused), are not guilty and ordered their immediate release. The court concluded that the presented evidence was untenable, and the prosecution was biased against the anti-Maidan activists. After the judgement was pronounced, SBU immediately re-arrested Mefedov (along with a Ukrainian citizen Dolzhenkov) in the courtroom, on charges of "trespass against the territorial integrity of Ukraine".http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/UAReport20th_EN.pdf UN OHCHR Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 August to 15 November 2017 2017-12-12 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) https://web.archive.org/web/20171215081351/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/UAReport20th_EN.pdf 2017-12-15 dead 2018-05-02https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-41305608 Суд оправдал обвиняемых по делу о событиях в Одессе в мае 2014-го The court acquitted the defendants in the case of the events in Odesa in May 2014 2017-09-18 BBC Русская служба 2018-05-02 en-GB 16 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180516035353/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-41305608 livehttps://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/18/sud-opravdal-19-obvinyaemyh-po-delu-2-maya-v-odesse-dvoih-tut-zhe-zaderzhali-v-zale-suda-teper-za-separatizm Суд оправдал 19 обвиняемых по "делу 2 мая" в Одессе. Двоих тут же задержали снова — теперь за сепаратизм The court acquitted 19 defendants in the "May 2 case" in Odesa. Two were immediately detained again - now for separatism 2018-09-18 Meduza 2018-05-02 ru-RU 2 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212648/https://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/18/sud-opravdal-19-obvinyaemyh-po-delu-2-maya-v-odesse-dvoih-tut-zhe-zaderzhali-v-zale-suda-teper-za-separatizm live In 2019 Mefedov and another "Antimaidan" activist Sergey Dolzhenkov were released to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange. Involvement Governor of Odesa Oblast Volodymyr Nemyrovsky stated on 2 May 2014 that the conflict could have been avoided had police fulfilled their duties, and accused police of inciting the confrontation and taking bribes to switch allegiance to the separatists' side. Several police were seen donning the red armbands worn by anti-Maidan protesters.http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/miliciya-v-odesi-diyala-spilno-z-prorosiyskimi-radikalami-gubernator-347949.html Міліція в Одесі діяла спільно з проросійськими радикалами - губернатор Odesa police officers appear involved in bloody riots TCH 2 May 2014 3 May 2014 uk 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503044152/http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/miliciya-v-odesi-diyala-spilno-z-prorosiyskimi-radikalami-gubernator-347949.html live The leadership of the local police was then fired and may face criminal charges. Arsen Avakov, the interior minister, blamed local politicians for the events. People suspected of complicity include city council members, elections workers, police, relatives of former police officers, and active anti-Maidan campaigners. Twelve people were arrested, but their names were not disclosed. "The police in Odesa acted outrageously, possibly in a criminal fashion," Interior Minister Avakov stated. "The 'honor of the uniform' will offer no cover." He then announced the formation of a new civilian-based special police force named "Kyiv-1" to help police the city.http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABREA400LI20140505?sp=true Ukraine moves forces to Odessa, helicopter downed in east | Top News Reuters 5 May 2014 14 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505193437/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABREA400LI20140505?sp=true live Nolan Feeney http://time.com/87043/ukraine-odessa-police-violence/ Ukraine: Violence in Odessa Continues After Friday Fire Time 4 May 2014 14 May 2014 14 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140514025427/http://time.com/87043/ukraine-odessa-police-violence/ live ECHR ruling On 13 March 2025, the European Court of Human Rights issued a ruling in case "Vyacheslavova and Others v. Ukraine - State negligence in clashes between Maidan supporters and opponents in Odesa in May 2014", ECHR 072 (2025).HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=003-8180839-11477923 2026-05-03 hudoc.echr.coe.int The ruling found Ukraine guilty of violating the article of the European Convention on Human Rights on the right to life, due to the inaction on 2 May 2014 which led to the deaths of 47 people. The court ordered the Ukrainian state to pay €15,000 in compensation to the relatives of each of the victims, and €12,000 to three plaintiffs who survived but suffered serious burns,Tragedy in Odesa on 2 May 2014: ECHR finds Ukraine guilty and orders compensation https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/13/7502685/ 2025-03-14 Ukrainska Pravda en totaling €114,700.ECHR finds Ukrainian authorities guilty of fatalities in Odessa on May 2, 2014 https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/110351/ 2025-03-14 interfax.com The court emphasized that the events were partially caused by Russia's attempts to destabilize Ukraine, it ruled that Ukrainian authorities did not do enough to prevent the tragedy and failed to initiate and conduct an effective investigation into the events.13 March 2025 Case regarding the tragedy in Odesa on May 2, 2014: ECHR found Ukraine guilty, but recognized the influence of the Russian Federation https://unn.ua/en/news/case-regarding-the-tragedy-in-odesa-on-may-2-2014-echr-found-ukraine-guilty-but-recognized-the-influence-of-the-russian-federation 14 March 2025 UNN The court emphasized it did not view the participants through a political lens and all of the plaintiffs blamed Ukraine for the inaction, regardless if their family members were part of the pro- or anti-Maidan protests. The court recognized that escalatory Russian disinformation and propaganda instigated the violence, and certain Ukrainian officials named in the lawsuit fled to Russia and gained citizenship there.2025-03-13 Трагедія в Одесі 2 травня 2014 року: ЄСПЛ зобов'язав Україну виплатити компенсації і вказав на роль Росії https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c8j03w027zko 2025-03-14 BBC News Україна ukФарбар Катерина 2025-03-14 Рішення ЄСПЛ про події 2 травня 2014 року в Одесі. У чому винна Україна і до чого причетна Росія? https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/rishennya-yevropeyskoho-sudu-z-prav-lyudyny-odesa/33346971.html 2025-03-14 Радіо Свобода ukECHR finds Ukraine guilty of inaction in 2014 Odesa clash, cites Russia's role https://english.nv.ua/nation/echr-finds-ukraine-guilty-of-inaction-in-2014-odesa-clash-that-killed-47-50497673.html 2025-03-14 New Voice en Ukraine's Department of Justice said they will provide a comprehensive analysis of ECHR's findings and draw up an action plan for the implementation of the ruling.13 March 2025 Ukraine has reacted to the ECHR's decision in the case of the tragedy in Odesa on May 2, 2014 https://unn.ua/en/news/ukraine-has-reacted-to-the-echrs-decision-in-the-case-of-the-tragedy-in-odesa-on-may-2-2014 14 March 2025 UNN Reactions Ukraine – In the aftermath of the Odesa clashes, the Governor of Odesa Oblast Volodymyr Nemyrovsky accused the security forces of “criminal omission”, blamed them for having "traded their homeland and their conscience”,3 May 2014 Керівник Одещини покладає провину за жертви на силовиків The head of the Odesa region blames the security forces for the victims https://lb.ua/society/2014/05/03/265141_rukovoditel_odessi_vozlagaet_vinu.html 2022-04-16 LB.ua and upheld the lawfulness of the reaction by the pro-Maidan camp as self-defence against "armed terrorists."2 May 2014 Одесский губернатор назвал действия Самообороны и ультрас законными The Odesa governor called the actions of Self-Defense and ultras legal https://www.048.ua/news/527454/odesskij-gubernator-nazval-dejstvia-samooborony-i-ultras-zakonnymi 2022-04-16 048.ua - Сайт города Одессы uk Right Sector's website called the incidents in Odesa "a bright page in our national history,"7 May 2014 "Правый сектор" об одесских событиях: 2 мая – светлая страница истории "Right Sector" about the Odesa events: May 2 - a bright page in history https://timer-odessa.net/news/praviy_sektor_ob_odesskih_sobitiyah_2_maya_svetlaya_stranitsa_istorii_319.html 2022-04-17 timer-odessa.net ru 17 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220417005011/https://timer-odessa.net/news/praviy_sektor_ob_odesskih_sobitiyah_2_maya_svetlaya_stranitsa_istorii_319.html dead and Svoboda MP Iryna Farion posted on Facebook "Bravo, Odesa. Pearl of Ukrainian Spirit. The birthplace of great nationalists Ivan and Yurii Lypa. Let the devils burn in hell. Football fans are the best rebels. Bravo!"Xenophobic Rhetoric https://civic-nation.org/ukraine/government/rhetoric_of_government_officials/xenophobic_rhetoric/ 2022-04-17 civic-nation.org Prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk claimed that Russia and inept or disloyal local police were to blame for the tragedy.Kramer Andrew E. 2014-05-05 Ukraine's Reins Weaken as Chaos Spreads en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/kievs-reins-weaken-as-chaos-spreads.html 2022-04-16 0362-4331 He criticised the police suggesting that had they done their jobs properly "these terrorist organizations would have been foiled” and argued that what had happened in Odesa was part of a plan by the Russian Federation "to eliminate Ukraine and eliminate Ukrainian independence."2014-05-04 Ukraine unrest: PM blames security service over Odessa en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27274028 2022-04-16 The Foreign Ministry Andrii Deshchytsia stated that "there is every reason to believe that the tragedy was an action planned in advance and generously paid for by the Russian special services, the purpose of which was to provoke an explosion of violence in Odesa and destabilize the situation in the entire southern region of Ukraine." He also said that the government believed "that a full and impartial investigation, which is being conducted by law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, will enable us to find not only the perpetrators of the tragedy, but also their puppeteers and sponsors both in Ukraine and in Russia." Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said Russian special forces were working with success to destabilise Ukraine, helped by "guest stars from Transnistria."Miliukov Oleksander https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA400LI20140504 Pro-Russians storm Odessa police station, PM slams local police Reuters 4 May 2014 14 May 2014 13 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313054233/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA400LI20140504 live The acting head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Serhiy Pashynsky said "that which we saw in Odesa was a [Russian] Federal Security Service provocation to deflect attention from the anti-terrorist operation [in eastern Ukraine]," and that "they [the FSB] want to show that situation [in the country] is not stable, but what happened in Odesa showed something else, that the people's patience has run out." Pashynsky also stated that the FSB armed pro-Russian militants in Odesa.http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/presidential-administration-russias-federal-security-service-armed-odesa-separatists-346063.html Presidential Administration: Russia's Federal Security Service armed Odesa separatists Kyiv Post 3 May 2014 14 May 2014 14 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140514063409/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/presidential-administration-russias-federal-security-service-armed-odesa-separatists-346063.html live On 23 October 2014 President Petro Poroshenko said that Odesa had paid a heavy price to stop the pro-Russian separatists. "Now Odesa has become a very pro-Ukrainian city! In the Russian media, Odesa is even called 'Banderites'. And there is no greater compliment for Odesa for me!"25 October 2014 Порошенко приятно, что Одессу называют "бандеровской" Poroshenko is pleased that Odesa is called "Bandera" https://rian.com.ua/video/20141025/358715497.html 2022-04-16 РИА Новости Украина ru On 2 May 2020, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed condolences to the families of all the victims, and also called for the punishment of all those responsible for the tragedy: "only a strong country speaks frankly not only about its achievements, but also about its own tragedies."2 May 2020 Зеленский: необходимо обеспечить беспристрастное расследование событий 2 мая в Одессе Zelensky: it is necessary to ensure an impartial investigation of the events of May 2 in Odesa https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/zelenskiy-neobhodimo-obespechit-bespristrastnoe-1588426071.html 2022-04-16 РБК-Украина ru Russia Russian Federation – Russia's Foreign Ministry said that the fire was "yet another manifestation of the criminal irresponsibility of the Kyiv authorities who indulge insolent radical nationalists ... which are engaging in a campaign of physical terror", against those wanting 'greater autonomy' living in Russian-speaking regions.Associated Press https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/police-38-dead-in-protes_n_5255399.html Odessa Building Fire Kills Dozens Huffington Post 2 May 2014 14 May 2014 18 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140518154528/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/police-38-dead-in-protes_n_5255399.html live Russian Duma member Leonid Slutsky (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia) compared this accident to a Nazi-crime, like the Khatyn massacre.Российское информационное агентство http://ria.ru/world/20140503/1006370447.html Слуцкий: события в Одессе напоминают преступления нацистов в войну Slutsky: the events in Odesa resemble the crimes of the Nazis in the war Russian Agency of International Information "RIA Novosti" 3 May 2014 2 October 2018 5 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180705121456/https://ria.ru/world/20140503/1006370447.html live Other countries Bulgaria – Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin condemned the Odesa clashes "in the strongest possible terms" and expressed condolences to the victims' families. He urged the Ukrainian government to "abide by its obligations to disarm paramilitaries ... limit the influence of far-right groups" and all parties to refrain from further provocations.http://www.mfa.bg/bg/events/6/1/2845/index.html Kristian Vigenin: We insist on a thorough investigation of the events in Odessa Ministry of Foreign Affairs bg 3 May 2014 5 May 2014 4 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140504153817/http://www.mfa.bg/bg/events/6/1/2845/index.html live Belarus – President Alexander Lukashenko said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin "The developments in Odesa are simply unimaginable. I would like to have a frank discussion, behind the scenes, so to speak, about the situation in Ukraine and to coordinate our actions, because clearly, this crisis is not going to end tomorrow, and it has a direct impact on you and on us."http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/news/7151 President of Russia: Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko 8 May 2014 Presidential Executive Office, Russian Federation 15 November 2014 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129081758/http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/news/7151 live Armenia – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said "Nevertheless, we are deeply concerned by the growth of violence in Ukraine, including the events in Odesa, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and other regions. We cannot but worry about the current situation also because there are more than half a million Armenians living in Ukraine."http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/05/08/serzh-sargsyan-crisis-in-ukraine-should-be-solved-exceptionally-through-peaceful-means/ Serzh Sargsyan: Crisis in Ukraine should be solved exceptionally through peaceful means Public Radio of Armenia 8 May 2014 Siranush Ghazanchyan 15 November 2014 8 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141108075411/http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/05/08/serzh-sargsyan-crisis-in-ukraine-should-be-solved-exceptionally-through-peaceful-means/ live United States – US State Department: "The United States today mourns with all Ukrainians the heartbreaking loss of life in Odesa. Today the international community must stand together in support of the Ukrainian people as they cope with this tragedy".https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/05/225566.htm Tragic Loss of Life in Odesa United States Department of State 2 May 2014 3 May 2014 21 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170121131212/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/05/225566.htm live Canada – Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, said the latest incidents were "very deeply concerning" and accused President Vladimir Putin of starting a "slow-motion invasion" of Ukraine.https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/vladimir-putin-mounting-a-slow-motion-invasion-of-ukraine-stephen-harper-tells-nato Vladimir Putin mounting a 'slow-motion invasion' of Ukraine, Stephen Harper tells NATO – National Post Canadian Press 5 May 2014 National Post 15 November 2014 Notes References Category:2014 riots Category:2014 in Ukraine Category:2014 fires in Europe Category:2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Category:January 2014 in Ukraine Category:February 2014 in Ukraine Category:March 2014 in Ukraine Category:April 2014 in Ukraine Category:May 2014 in Ukraine Category:Riots and civil disorder in Ukraine Category:Fires in Ukraine Clashes