Ukraine's offensive to recapture an eastern city controlled by pro-Russia forces sharply escalated the crisis in the country's east and set off a clash May 2 in the southern port of Odessa that police say killed 31 people. The Kremlin said the move by Kyiv's interim government effectively killed the Geneva pact aimed at cooling the unrest, but pledged to continue efforts to try to calm the tensions.
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Associated Press: Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa
Pro-Ukrainian football fans clash with pro-Russian activists who allegedly attacked them prior to a Ukrainian Premier League football match Chornomorets Odessa vs Metalist Kharkiv in Odessa on May 2, 2014. More than 30 people died in a \"criminal\" blaze in Ukraine's southern city of Odessa on Friday after a day of violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian militants, according to officials. Some local media reported that pro-Russian militants were believed to have been in the building at the time, and that petrol bombs were lobbed between the building and a group of pro-Kiev militants. AFP PHOTO/ STR
