Pro-unity Ukrainians claim victory in Odessa Square
Reuters
2014-05-05
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Hundreds of pro-unity Ukrainians burn the Russian flag at the site of bloody clashes on Friday.
They're claiming victory over the separatists who had seized control of this Odessa Square.
Forty Ukrainians -- mostly pro-Russian separatists -- died trapped in a fire at the building they'd occupied.
The protesters observed a minute of silence to remember the dead.
Ukrainian troops are carrying out operations in the east to regain control of government buildings from pro-Moscow separatists.
But Ukraine's acting President Oleksander Turchinov insists Kiev has not lost control entirely and that Moscow supporters had met resistance in the Black Sea as residents -- like these -- were prepared to protect their city.
(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE ACTING PRESIDENT, OLEKSANDER TURCHINOV, SAYING (AUDIO STARTS WITH WIDE OF INTERVIEW (TIMECODE 00:27)):
"The Russian Federation is at war with Ukraine. Both on the east and south they are trying to destabilise
They're claiming victory over the separatists who had seized control of this Odessa Square.
Forty Ukrainians -- mostly pro-Russian separatists -- died trapped in a fire at the building they'd occupied.
The protesters observed a minute of silence to remember the dead.
Ukrainian troops are carrying out operations in the east to regain control of government buildings from pro-Moscow separatists.
But Ukraine's acting President Oleksander Turchinov insists Kiev has not lost control entirely and that Moscow supporters had met resistance in the Black Sea as residents -- like these -- were prepared to protect their city.
(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE ACTING PRESIDENT, OLEKSANDER TURCHINOV, SAYING (AUDIO STARTS WITH WIDE OF INTERVIEW (TIMECODE 00:27)):
"The Russian Federation is at war with Ukraine. Both on the east and south they are trying to destabilise
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