May 02, 2015

05/02/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Day of Mourning for the victims of Odessa fire on May 2, 2014

Day of Mourning for the victims of Odessa fire on May 2, 2014
Odessa Trade Unions Building

05/02/2015 Daily Highlights  by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

  • Day of Mourning for the victims of Odessa fire on May 2, 2014.
  • The evacuation of Ukrainians from Nepal.
  • Unauthorized rally in Kiev.
  • London court published dirt about Putin.
  • German President called Soviet soldiers invaders.

Key Events of Ukraine

  • Two mourning rallies in Odessa, dedicated to the anniversary of the tragedy in the Trade Unions Building, were relatively calm.
    In Kiev on Khreshchatyk anti-maydan activists held an unauthorized rally in memory of the events in Odessa and killed anti-Ukrainian journalist Buzina.
  • Emergency Service reported on extinguishing of the fire in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Ukraine at War

  • Fighting continues in Avdiyivka, Peski, Shyrokine and Krymske. According to official information, during the day as a result of attacks and shellings of Ukrainian positions with the use of heavy artillery and tanks at least eight people were wounded.
  • Chairman of Donetsk military-civilian administration Kikhtenko opposed the demilitarization of Shyrokine.
  • The international search mission at the MH-17 flight Malaysian airliner crash site  near Thorez is completed. The remains and material evidence are sent to the Netherlands by plane.

Ukraine and the World


  • The Foreign Ministry announced that the evacuation of Ukrainians from Nepal is scheduled for May 3.
  • Chancellor Merkel and German Foreign Minister Steinmeier are getting ready to visit Moscow during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the World War II Victory. They explain this step by "the importance of the moment".

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