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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a statement about the May 2 tragedy in Odessa. The department assigned responsibility for the tragic events to Russia. Photo: Flickr
After President Zelensky reacted to the events six years ago at the Odessa Union House, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement on the anniversary of the tragic fire.
In him, all responsibility for the tragedy lies with Russia.
“The events of May 2, 2014 in Odessa became another element in the chain of provocations in the Russian Federation as part of the failed Novorossia project aimed at destabilizing eastern and southern Ukraine and disintegrating Ukraine.”
In Odessa, extremist forces acted according to a similar scenario already implemented by Russian healers in the Donbass: the proclamation of a false “people’s republic”, riots with weapons brought by militants, intimidation of local activists, paralysis of the authorities local and law enforcement agencies, “they say. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Furthermore, the ministry decided to recall the versions that the fire in the Chamber of Trade Unions supposedly did not occur because the building was thrown with Molotov cocktails, but because of “internal fires”.
“The Russian side in its statements about the events in Odessa never mentions the bloody events in the city center that preceded the fire in the Chamber of Trade Unions. Nor does it mention the established facts of internal fires in the Chamber of Trade Unions, as well as the rescue of participants blocked in the House of Trade Unions covered by fire. demonstrations by the unity of Ukraine, “writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ministry also states that “Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are doing their utmost to search for and prosecute those responsible for the crimes. According to the results of investigations in criminal proceedings on the Odessa events on May 2 37 accusations were sent to the court in 2014. Concerning 3 people, the courts charged verdicts The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a separate pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the possible involvement of Russian special services in organizing riots in Odessa. “
Furthermore, nothing is mentioned that almost all the accusations, as well as all the sentences, concern only one side of the confrontation: anti-Maidan.
Overall, in terms of tone, this statement contrasts sharply with President Zelensky’s conciliatory statement, which he made this afternoon. The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this regard is more reminiscent of the statements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Poroshenko era.
Recall that on Saturday, May 2, Odessa commemorates the sixth anniversary of the tragic events in the Chamber of Trade Unions that took place in 2014; then 49 people died due to the fire. In the Kulikovo field, queues formed for those who wanted to put flowers.
Previously, we discussed what changed during Zelensky’s presidency in the May 2 case.
