On 30 March, a 5,000-strong pro-Maidan protest was held in Odesa. Meanwhile, several competing pro-Maidan demonstrations were also held in the city. They demanded that a referendum on the establishment of an "Odesa Autonomous Republic" be held. On 3 March 2014, 200–500 demonstrators with Russian flags attempted to seize the Odesa Oblast Council building ( Russian: ОГА). Police reported that 5,000-20,000 participated in a pro-Russian demonstration in the city of Odesa on 1 March. Īfter the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych by Euromaidan protesters in late February, 2014, heightened tensions between Euromaidan and anti-Maidan protesters began in Odesa Oblast. Ukrainian Nationalist groups such as Right Sector, Misanthropic Division, and the Social-National Assembly were also simultaneously active, in opposition to the pro-Russian groups. A number of Russian nationalist groups (Odeska Druzhyna, Anti-Maidan) were active throughout the period and actively supported by senior Russian politicians such as Sergey Glazyev. Three journalists and two cameramen were injured in the clashes. Confrontations between Euromaidan and Anti-Maidan protesters continued over the next month, and on 19 February, about 100 unidentified men wearing masks and helmets, and armed with baseball bats, assaulted a pro-Maidan demonstration. Odesa municipal administration fortified the RSA with concrete blocks to prevent further incursions on 28 January. Up to 2,000 pro-Maidan protesters marched on the regional state administration (RSA) building in Odesa on 26 January, but were repelled by pro-government supporters and municipal barricades. Odesa, largely Russophone, witnessed continued unrest throughout 2014. In 2015, the International Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe concluded the investigation's independence was hampered by "evidence indicative of police complicity" and that Ukrainian authorities failed to thoroughly investigate the events. Īlthough several alleged perpetrators were prosecuted, there has yet to be a trial. The events were the bloodiest civil conflict in Odesa since 1918. 42 of the victims died in the Trade Unions House fire, and 200 were injured. The events resulted in deaths of 48 people, 46 of whom were anti-Maidan activists. Pro-Maidan demonstrators attempted to storm the Trade Union House, which caught fire as the two sides threw petrol bombs at each other. In the ensuing clashes, the pro-Maidan demonstrators moved to dismantle an anti-Maidan tent camp in Kulykove Pole, causing groups of anti-Maidan activists to take refuge in the nearby Trade Unions House.
Two pro-Maidan and four anti-Maidan activists were killed by gunfire in the streets. Violence intensified on May 2 when a pro-Maidan demonstration was attacked by anti-Maidan activists.
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The 2014 Odesa clashes were a series of conflicts between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrators that broke out in the streets of Odesa as part of the rising unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
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