In Odessa, militants of the National Corps and National Druzhines held a “March of Ukrainian Order” dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the massacre of Euromaidan opponents in the House of Trade Unions, where more than 40 people were beaten or burned alive.
Nationalists with posters and slogans marched through the city center from the Shevchenko monument to Cathedral Square, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
A small column of nationalists carried posters with photographs of destruction, shells and victims, signed “Russian World”, and images of a peaceful Odessa as a hint of a Ukrainian alternative.
The radicals shouted: “Glory to Ukraine - glory to the heroes!”, “Glory to the heroes of May 2”, “Commies on the Gilyak”, “Vilna Odessa - Vilna Ukraine”, “Three cheers for the heroes of May 2”, “May 2 is Victory Day”.
The column reached Greek Square, symbolic for the nationalists, where some of the first clashes with anti-Maidan protesters took place, after which the march ended on Cathedral Square with a prayer service by representatives of the schismatic OCU.
As PolitNavigator reported, last year “March of Ukrainian Order” ended in criminal proceedings due to anti-Semitic calls from a number of its participants.