LIVE: Odessa massacre commemoration goes ahead amid tensions

Supporters and opponents of the Maidan movement in Odessa plan to attend a commemoration ceremony on May 2, 2016, marking two years since the deadly Odessa Trades Union House fire. According to city officials, more than 3,000 members of the security forces will be deployed to monitor the event amid fears of unrest. Demonstrators plan to gather at Kulikovo Pole, the site that became the focal point of the tragedy two years ago. Forty-eight people died, with over 200 injured, in a series of events that led
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