The Odessa security police defected

The Berkut lay down their shields

When the people came to demand the freeing of prisoners from the burning of the trade union building the day before the "Berkut" (the security police) lay down their shields and refused to take part in defending the police building.

'Neo-fascists killed my son!' Fear, frustration & grief grips Odessa

Ukraine's southern city of Odessa has declared the 2nd of May a day of remembrance scorched into its memory by vicious street clashes and a raging inferno. As RT's Irina Galushko reports people are living in fear of further violence and persecution.