About a thousand people marched through Odessa‘s city centre on the fifth anniversary of the day of Odessa tragedy on Thursday.
Protesters were seen holding Ukrainian national flags at the so-called ‘Ukrainian order march’ and chanting ‘Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes’. In the evening they lit red torches and continued chanting slogans.
On May 2, 2014, 48 people died and over were 200 injured in a series of events that culminated in a large fire ripping through Odessa’s Trade Union building. After clashes erupted between anti-Maidan and pro-Maidan protesters, the latter group reportedly set fire to the Trade Unions building where anti-Maidan demonstrators had found refuge.