Disorder in Odessa
Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa on Sunday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as the country's leaders lamented a police force they said was widely undermined by graft or collaboration with separatists.
Odessa, Ukraine
Passions ran high in Odessa before local soccer team Chornomorets was due to play Kharkiv's Metalist. Fans who joined together to sing support for Ukraine's new leaders knew they might attract some trouble in the Russian-speaking city, but no one expected the chain of events that ended in the death of over 40 people.
Odessa, Ukraine
Yatseniuk accused Russia on Sunday of engineering clashes in Odessa that led to the deaths of more than 40 pro-Russian activists in a blazing building and pushed the country closer to civil war.
Yatseniuk, speaking in Odessa, attacked police forces in the Black Sea port city, suggesting they were more interested in the fruits of corruption than maintaining order.
Odessa, Ukraine
More than 40 people were killed in a fire on Friday in the trade union building in the centre of Ukraine's southern port city of Odessa.
Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine
Donetsk, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine
Police in Ukraine's southern port town of Odessa started on Sunday to release pro-Russian activists detained in clashes two days ago.