Russia is poised to provoke civil unrest in other parts of Ukraine, noticeably, in the Odesa Oblast, military expert Dmytro Tymchuk wrote in Facebook on May 17.
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A woman speaks to servicemen of Ukraine National Guard at the Kulikove Pole square, in front of the Trade Union House in Odessa, southern Ukraine, on May 2, 2015, during a pro-Russian meeting in memory of people who died in a fire at the Trade Union House.