2014 Odesa clashes
Clashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrators in Odesa, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protestors in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution.[21][22] The street clashes were between pro-revolution ('pro-Maidan') protesters and anti-revolution ('anti-Maidan'), pro-Russian protesters. Violence erupted on 2 May, when a 'United Ukraine' rally of about 2,000 was attacked by about 300 pro-Russian separatists.[23] Stones, petrol bombs and gunfire were exchanged. A pro-Russian gunman shot dead a pro-Ukraine protester.[24] Another pro-Ukraine activist and four pro-Russia activists were shot dead in the clashes.[25][26][27][28] The pro-Ukraine group then moved to dismantle a pro-Russian protest camp in Kulykove Pole, causing some pro-Russian activists to barricade themselves in the nearby Trade Unions House. Shots were fired from the building at the pro-Ukraine group,[24] and the pro-Ukrainians attempted to storm the building, which caught fire as the two groups threw petrol bombs at each other.[29][30][31]
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Date | 26 January – 2 May 2014 | ||
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Oleksii Chornyi[12] | |||
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The clashes resulted in deaths of 48 people, 46 of whom were anti-Maidan/pro-Russian activists.[32] 42 of the victims died in the Trade Unions House fire, 200 were injured,[33] 120 people were rescued from the fire and a further 210 were evacuated.[34][35] The events were the bloodiest civil conflict in the region since the Odessa Bolshevik uprising of 1918.[36] Although several alleged perpetrators were charged, there has yet to be a trial.[37] There are allegations that some police colluded with pro-Russian activists in the initial street clashes.[38] 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",[39] and that authorities failed to thoroughly investigate the events.[40]
The burning of Odesa's Trade Union building has been likened to events in February, when pro-Maidan protesters were burned to death in Kyiv's Trade Union building.[41]