House of Trade Unions in Odessa on May 2, 2014. File photoMOSCOW, May 2.On the eighth anniversary of the tragic events of May 2, 2014 in Odessa, when the actions of nationalists led to the death of 48 people, local residents will not be able to honor the memory of the victims, as the city authorities impose a «protracted» curfew. The speaker of the Odessa regional military administration, Sergei Bratchuk, said earlier that On the territory of Odessa, a «protracted» curfew will be introduced, it will last from the evening of May 1 to 5.00 on May 3. In previous years, commemorative events were held in Odessa on the anniversary of the events: city residents carried flowers, wreaths and lamps to the House of Trade Unions on Kulikovo Field. «from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as the participants of the «Euromaidan» — on the other. The fight ended with the destruction of the tent camp and the burning of the House of Trade Unions, in which representatives of the «anti-Maidan» took refuge. The victims of the tragedy that day were 48 people, six in the area of Grecheskaya Square and the Athena shopping center (two of them died in hospitals), 42 — on the Kulikovo field and in the House of Trade Unions (three died in hospitals). Six people died from gunshot wounds, ten fell out of the windows of a burning building and crashed, 32 died from burns and as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Over 250 people were affected.
Tragedy in Odessa: eight years without retribution On May 2, 2022, it was 8 years since the tragedy in Odessa. According to official figures, 48 people died that day. Of these, 42 people were killed, finished off or burned alive in the House of Trade Unions. Most of the dead were supporters of the Kulikovo Pole movement. This day became the point of no return in the Donbass crisis. International organizations have repeatedly pointed out to Kyiv the lack of progress in the investigation of the Odessa tragedy and demand that the Ukrainian authorities punish those responsible for the death of people. Meanwhile, the trial in the case is dragging on and the investigation has actually done nothing for eight years to clarify all the circumstances of the tragedy. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the Russians that Moscow would do everything to punish those who brutally killed the protesters in Odessa. «This monstrous crime has not yet been solved, has not been investigated. Kyiv and Western countries close their eyes to it, as well as to neo-Nazism, which is growing in Ukraine like a cancerous tumor. We will never forget this terrible crime. We will seek the identification and punishment of all those who who was involved in it,» Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.
