Funeral events near the House of Trade Unions on Kulikovo Pole Square in Odessa in memory of those killed in the fire on May 2, 2014. Archival photoDONETSK, May 2. The crime committed by Ukrainian nationalists on May 2, 2014 in Odessa will definitely be investigated after Russian troops enter the city, Vladislav Berdichevsky, deputy of the People's Council of the DPR, told RIA Novosti. In Odessa after the change of power in Ukraine in 2014, anti-Maidan activists set up a tent camp on Kulikovo field as a sign of protest. On the afternoon of May 2, brawls began between anti-Maidan activists on the one hand and football ultras from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as Euromaidan participants, on the other. The fight ended with the destruction of the tent city and the arson of the House of Trade Unions, in which representatives of the «anti-Maidan» took refuge. 48 people became victims of the tragedy that day, more than 250 were injured. that some of those who were guilty were in Azov (an organization banned in Russia — ed.), and some have already been killed. I think that all this will definitely be revealed as soon as Russian troops occupy Odessa and the Odessa region. Sooner or later, investigative actions will be carried out, and the perpetrators will be punished,» the agency's interlocutor said. 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 of the case is dragging on and the investigation has actually done nothing for eight years to clarify all the circumstances of the tragedy.
