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Ukraine marks 7th anniversary of Odesa fire, fights that took 48 lives

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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 Odesa vs Metalist Kharkiv in Odesa on May 2, 2014.
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On May 2, Ukrainians marked the seventh anniversary of one of the bloodiest days in the modern history of Ukraine.

Throughout early 2014, street battles took place as armed Kremlin-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 city’s Trade Unions building caught fire amid the clashes. The resulting inferno claimed the lives of 42 people.

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7 years since clashes in Odesa that killed 48 people on May 2, 2014
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