Thread by @cryptodrftng

“The 2 May 2014 tragedy in Odesa:

How the Kremlin turned it into a propaganda tool” - 🧵

🛠 Original material: Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security @StratcomCentre

📝 Translation: @Ukraine_DAO (🇺🇦,🇺🇦)

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On May 2, 2014, 48 people died after a clash in the center of Odesa.

Today is the anniversary of the tragedy in the Trade Union Building, which the Kremlin has turned into a propaganda tool.

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❓How does russia lie about the tragedy?

Propaganda is still spreading fakes about those who died on 02 May 2014 being killed by "Ukrainian nationalists":
about a strangled pregnant woman, raped and burned women, a mother who died with two children.

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❓ What really happened?

The events in Odesa were part of russia's hybrid aggression against Ukraine.

In early May 2014, russia had already occupied Crimea, and Girkin's russian militants seized cities in Donetsk region, killing those who resisted.

Before the 2 May tragedy,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The conflict itself began with an attack by the armed russian titushky.

They attacked a march of football fans that was taking place as part of the campaign "For unity of Ukraine".

Six people were killed in the clashes even before the Trade Union Building tragedy.

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Pro-Ukrainian activists were helping to rescue the stranded people when they saw a fire in the building.

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Local leaders - a police officer Dmytro Fuchezhi and a State Emergency Service officer Volodymyr Bodelan - are responsible for the 2 May casualties, as they resigned that day, later moved and were accepted by russia.

The more fake news russia spreads about the events, the more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

🔗Original @StratcomCentre post in Ukrainian: instagram.com/p/CrvDMniNwvE/