Odessa remembers tragedy victims of May 2, 2014

Odessa citizens are gathering at the Kulikovo field and bringing flowers and candles in commemoration of the victims of tragedy, which happened May 2, 2014. Around fifty people died as a result of clashes and fire in Odessa Trade Unions House, RIA Novosti informs.

Metal detectors were installed all around the Kulikovo field where the memorable meeting is to be held at 2 p.m. The territory is controlled by police and guards. Mothers’ Union of May 2 organized the meeting and these commemorative events. No official campaigns are planned by Odessa authorities. City administration and police hope to avoid any provocative actions and call the participants for cooperation.

More than three thousand police officers were sent to the city streets before this remembrance meeting. A bag with explosives and shells was discovered by the police the day before.

It should be reminded that members of Ukraine’s Right Sector (Organization banned in Russia) destroyed and burnt a tent camp of Antimaidan activists at the Kulikovo field. They had to hide in the House of Trade Unions, but radicals set the building on fire. According to official data, about fifty people died and two hundred were injured and suffered burns.

Relatives of the victims pleaded the country authorities to conduct an international independent inquiry many times.

Russkiy Mir