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In Pictures: Ukraine marks fifth anniversary of 2014 violence in Odesa

By Kyiv Post .
Pro-Ukrainian football fans clashed with pro-Russian activists who allegedly attacked them prior to the Ukrainian Premier League football match of Chornomorets Odessa vs Metalist Kharkiv in Odesa on May 2, 2014.
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Pro-Ukrainian football fans clashed with pro-Russian activists who allegedly attacked them prior to the Ukrainian Premier League football match of Chornomorets Odessa vs Metalist Kharkiv in Odesa on May 2, 2014.
Photo by AFP

On May 2, Ukrainians marked the five year anniversary of one of the bloodiest days in the modern history of Odesa. Throughout early 2014, street battles took place as armed Moscow-supporting gangs and their Kyiv-supporting counterparts clashed in the historic Black Sea port city. Six people lost their lives throughout weeks of prolonged violence but the worst incident occurred on May 2 when the the city’s Trade Unions House caught fire amid the clashes. The resulting inferno claimed the lives of 42 pro-Russian activists inside.

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