Radio La Primerisima, May 2nd 2022:
https://radiolaprimerisima.com/noticias-generales/destacado/ocho-anos-de-la-masacre-cometida-por-los-golpistas-en-ucrania/
Translated by Nan McCurdy
May 2 marked the eighth anniversary of the tragedy at the Trade Union House in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, which left 48 dead and more than 200 injured. However, those responsible remain unpunished.
In Moscow, hundreds of people organized a march in tribute to the victims of the clashes with Ukrainian nationalists. In Odessa, on the other hand, the authorities imposed a "prolonged" curfew from the night of May 1 until 5 a.m. on May 3, and commemorative events were cancelled.
For their part, some nationalist groups in Ukraine are calling the day a "holiday.”
What happened?
On May 2, 2014, in the midst of the political crisis that developed in Ukraine following the Euromaidan riots and the overthrow of the then president, Viktor Yanukovych, members of radical groups attacked activists in Odessa who opposed the US-backed coup and the policies of the new authorities in Kiev.
The clashes lasted several hours during which the nationalists perpetrated a bloody massacre with firearms, Molotov cocktails, knives, sticks and stones.
Dozens of demonstrators who were against the rampant Nazi-nationalism sought refuge in the Trade Union House and many of them were burned alive after the building was intentionally set on fire by the nationalists.
"We will never forget this terrible crime."
For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry declared that this "terrible crime" will never be forgotten and denounced the silence of the West.
"This crime of May 2, 2014 has still not been solved or investigated in Ukraine," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last Thursday.
"Kiev and Western countries turn a blind eye, as they do to neo-Nazism in general, which is spreading like a cancer in Ukraine. We will never forget this terrible crime," the spokeswoman stressed, adding that Moscow will try to "identify and punish all those involved in this tragedy."