Disinfo: On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian fascists executed 48 residents of Odessa

Summary

On 2 May 2014 the fascists that had seized power in Ukraine during a coup d'état, staged the execution of 48 residents of Odesa who disagreed with the new criminal regime in the country. The distraught "Euromaidanists" burned alive people in the Odessa House of Trade Unions, demonstrating to all other Ukrainians that, in the event of an uprising against the bloody regime of Poroshenko, they will face the same fate. [...] Volodymyr Zelenskyy, like Poroshenko, encourages the actions of the Nazis, who keep ordinary residents of the rest of Ukraine in fear.

Disproof

Recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative about the Odessa tragedy.

There is no evidence that the Ukrainian government was involved in the Odessa tragedy. No trial has yet established the responsibilities of the different actors before a court. A total of 5 cases on trials and 3 investigations are currently ongoing. Media reported about the tragedy in May 2014: the BBC, the Guardian, the DW. A chronology of the events has been established (1 and 2) and a non-partisan documentary film by Ukrainian Channel 7 has collected testimonies: May 2nd without Myth.

Regarding the investigation, United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine noted in its report in 2019: "Five years on, there has still not been any accountability for the killings of six and violent deaths of 42 individuals. Some of the criminal proceedings launched after the tragic events have stalled at the pre-trial investigation stage, while others did at the trial stage. This suggests a lack of genuine interest from the authorities to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators."

Moreover, at the moment of the tragedy (May 2), Petro Poroshenko was not the President of Ukraine. He was sworn in as a President on June 7, 2014, after winning the snap Presidential elections on May 25. As of May 2, the Presidential duties, according to the Constitutions of Ukraine, were fulfilled by the head of the Parliament of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov.

See similar disinformation cases about the May 2 tragedy in Odesa: death squads used by Ukraine to burn protesters in Odesa on May 2, 2014; the CIA and Victoria Nuland helped the Ukrainian secret service to orchestrate deaths of pro-Russian protesters in Odesa in May 2014; on May 2, 2014, Ukrainian authorities killed peaceful demonstrators.

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  • Reported in: Issue 242
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 04/05/2021
  • Article language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Odessa tragedy, Ukraine
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May 03, 2021
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the illegal annexation of Crimea, Euromaidan and Belarus.

No international body recognises the so-called referendum in Crimea. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Territorial integrity of Ukraine”, stating that the referendum in Crimea was not valid and could not serve as a basis for any change in the status of the peninsula. On 17 December 2018, the UN General Assembly confirmed its non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea.

Disinfo: Sweden is getting rid of AstraZeneca vaccine under the disguise of philantrophy

Sweden is getting rid of AstraZeneca vaccine under the disguise of philantropy.

The Swedish government plans to donate one million doses of the scandal-ridden vaccine AstraZeneca to the international initiative Covax. This declaration was proudly delivered by the Swedish cabinet minister for international cooperation, Per Olsson Fridh.

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May 03, 2021
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An unfounded claim, perpetuating pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about vaccines.

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Disinfo: The OSCE is a criminal organisation that in favour of war in Donbas

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OSCE tries not to publish honest data on the situation in Donbas, which would show how many citizens and civilian facilities were affected by the conflict, and that in most cases Kyiv attacks and militias respond.

OSCE, one of the most ridiculous and useless institutions that we could see in the last years, is in Donbas and it looks that it doesn’t see anything. But since that is not possible, because they are not stupid, what they are doing is hiding it. The OSCE in favour of war. It is a criminal organisation that must be dissolved.

May 03, 2021
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about war in Ukraine and OSCE.

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine publishes daily reports on the situation, and there is no basis for the claim that the organisation is trying to hide its data. The Russian Federation, in fact, is a member state of OSCE since its foundation. The claim about the death of a child in an attack by Kyiv forces is false, since it was the result of an accident with explosives or old ammunition. See here for our previous debunk of the incident.