On Sunday, May 4, more than a thousand people in Odessa blocked the office of the Interior Ministry’s city department demanding to release federalization supporters that had been detained May 2. Capture: release of part of the detained protesters
© AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda After the city’s residents attempted to size the building of Interior Ministry’s city department, the police freed 67 federalization supporters
© ITAR-TASS/Maxim Voytenko 42 protesters were brought by investigative authorities of Odessa to a pretrial detention facility in one of Ukraine’s central regions
© ITAR-TASS/Maxim Voytenko During the release of part of the detained Ukraine’s federalization supporters following clashes in Odessa
© EPA/ALEXEY FURMAN May 4, a giant flag of Russia has been hung on the House of trade unions in Odessa
© EPA/ALEXEY FURMAN Right Sector activists and representatives of the Maidan self-defense during a rally against the release of Ukraine’s federalization supporters
© ITAR-TASS/Alexander Gagarin Unrest in Odessa began in the afternoon on May 2 with a mass brawl on Grecheskaya Street
© AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda Clashes moved to the area of Kulikovo Field, where a tent camp of federalization supporters was located. The latter hid in the House of trade unions, where later a fire started
© AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov As a result of the tragic events, 46 people died and over 200 had to seek for medical aid
© AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda