Date may 2, declared the Day of memory for the victims of the tragic events that occurred on may 2, 2014, the proper order acting mayor announced on the first day of the week on the Internet representation of the city Council.
" to honor the memory of the dead in the tragic events of may 2, 2014, in Odessa, which resulted in mass death of people, may 2, declared the Day of memory for the victims, " the statement said.
According to the document, every year on this day, on the buildings of factories, institutions, organizations and houses inhabited by people of the town will be flown at half-mast flags of Ukraine and Odessa With mourning ribbons.
in the centre of Odessa on may 2, there were clashes between activists of " Antimiani " on one side and the fans Odessa and Kharkiv football clubs, as well as activists of " euromayday " on the back. By evening, the unrest has moved on Kulikovo field, where supporters of the unitary Ukraine defeated camping Antimiani and set fire to the House of trade unions, beat him with " Molotov cocktails ". Witnesses claim that the police officers did not prevent clashes and killings of people. Ukraine was declared mourning. According to the final data, in the result of the events in Odessa took the life of 42 people, 214 damaged. The Prosecutor's office reported 46 dead.
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