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Donetsk commemorates those killed in the arson attack on the House of Trade Unions in Odessa

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Donetsk commemorated the victims of the May 2, 2014 arson attack on the House of Trade Unions in Odessa. Footage of the event on May 2 is published by Izvestia.

The published video shows how residents of the city approach the memorial and lay flowers.

The action was organized by activists of the "Young Guard". Together with the townspeople, they came to a memorial place with carnations and laid them at a stand with the names of the victims. Some participants also brought candles, while others read poems dedicated to the tragic events and the memory of the victims.

The tragedy at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa occurred on May 2, 2014, amid a change of power in Ukraine. Then the anti-Maidan activists set up a tent camp in Kulikovo Field in protest. This camp was destroyed during a scuffle between activists and supporters of Euromaidan. The House of Trade Unions, where the anti-Maidan protesters took refuge, was set on fire by members of the Right Sector (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation). The nationalists shot at people who tried to escape from the building, the police did not protect the activists.

Denis Shatunov, a resident of Odessa, who witnessed these tragic events on May 2, 2014, said that the nationalists chose the date on purpose, because on May 2, most of the townspeople left for their dachas.

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