MOSCOW, May 2. Acting head of the LDPR faction Leonid Slutsky called the tragedy in the Odessa House of Trade Unions a repetition of Khatyn in the XXI century. «Eight years today of the tragedy in Odessa, 8 years of repetition of the atrocities of Khatyn in the 21st century,» the politician wrote in his Telegram channel. He called this event a monstrous crime of Ukrainian nationalists and radicals, noting that it struck with its cruelty and remained unpunished. «But it has no statute of limitations. We will not forget, we will call to account for everyone burned alive in the House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014,» Slutsky added.
In Ukraine, victims of the events of May 2-3 in Odessa were arrested for eight years. also members of the euro idana» — 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. More than 250 people were injured.
