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Dozens of people died in flames in Odessa, when radicals set ablaze the local House of Trade Unions with anti-government protesters blocked inside. The city is now in mourning for those who died, suffocated in smoke or had to jump out of windows.
Women and children were hiding in the Trade Union’s building,” an eye-witness told RT. “First the armed men set fire to tents, then they started throwing Molotov cocktails and grenades at the building. We heard shots fired and saw smoke,
Dozens eventually burnt alive or suffocated to death. To escape the fire and smoke, people were hanging out of windows and sitting on windowsills. In sheer desperation, some of them eventually jumped to the ground.
Odessa slaughter: How vicious mob burnt anti-govt activists alive (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: maddy21
Way to fail op...
Way to distort information...
Way to portray an event as something its not...
Way to continue to incite anger and division via actively lying and making claims you nor your source article can support.
Any chance we can move this pile of garbage to the hoax bin?
originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: maddy21
I ask this because I am tired of people making claims with absolutely NOTHING to support the BS.
What do you expect from RT.com??
lifenews.ru...
On May, 2 in Odessa the confrontation occurred between Antimaidan activists on the one hand and the fans of Odessa and Kharkov football clubs and radicals of the "Right Sector", as well as Euromaidan activists - on the other. As a result of the confrontation turned into a real massacre.
There were several thousand radicals at place of collisions, many of whom were armed, they were chanting: "Glory to Ukraine!", "Death to the enemies!", "Get Muscovites to knives". Radicals used firecrackers, smoke grenades, batons and Molotov cocktails, by means of which they set building of the House of Trade Unions on fire.
Total, according to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, due to fire, 38 people were killed: 8 people jumped from the windows of the building and fell to the death, another 30 got poisoned by carbon monoxide, another 50 suffered injuries, 10 of them are police officers.
originally posted by: maddy21
a reply to: Xcathdra
Right....just because you don't like what you are seeing here you want this in the hoax bin ?
Ultra Nationalists who would burn buildings are Neo Nazis . Its really simple common sense
originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul
a reply to: maddy21
That video and claim is also by RT.com - the propaganda mouthpiece of the Russian government.
The whole of the rest of the world is reporting that the rioting was started by pro-Russians, and that both sides were throwing molotov cocktails at each other.
Now you can choose to continue reporting what RT.com says as if it bore some semblance to objective reporting, or you can face up that you are sucking up to the Russians and apologise to everyone else who spotted that already.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: maddy21
a reply to: Xcathdra
Right....just because you don't like what you are seeing here you want this in the hoax bin ?
Ultra Nationalists who would burn buildings are Neo Nazis . Its really simple common sense
not at all.. As I stated its because you posted no source to support the lies you posted.
As I stated, twice now, answer the questions posted to you about the claims and the source.
ETA - Life News? You posted RT news as your op. Why the back pedal?
originally posted by: maddy21
Every Media outlet is sucking up to someone according to somebodies openion .. So i cant please everyone here....sorry
originally posted by: maddy21
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: maddy21
a reply to: Xcathdra
Right....just because you don't like what you are seeing here you want this in the hoax bin ?
Ultra Nationalists who would burn buildings are Neo Nazis . Its really simple common sense
not at all.. As I stated its because you posted no source to support the lies you posted.
As I stated, twice now, answer the questions posted to you about the claims and the source.
ETA - Life News? You posted RT news as your op. Why the back pedal?
AM posting multiple sources , please stop showing your desperation .. Its what everyone does , when you don't like the news, either attack the OP or attack the source ..
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: maddy21
Every Media outlet is sucking up to someone according to somebodies openion .. So i cant please everyone here....sorry
Except no media outlet is reporting what you are claiming.. And now you are trying to pass off a different media source to support your initial claims, which were not supported by the RT article.
Without an investigation please explain how it was NEIO Nazis who did this? I am specifically curious since both sides are making claims in this area about incidents. Its why the EU has called for an independent investigation.
While I know that takes time and can cause issues with propaganda - on either side - your doing the 100 meter rush to judgment without facts is just as bad and only causes more problems.
Besides, you think you are right so there should be no issues with an investigation right? What could possibly be the reason to rush something like this to a conclusion based on "independent" eye witnesses who seem to disappear and turn up on another media site under a different name making different claims?
originally posted by: LarryLove
a reply to: maddy21
But as pointed out by a member with a rational perspective on the situation, you twisted the original news headline to evoke an emotional response from posters. If you want to be taken seriously, the first step is to not edit news articles. In effect, you are creating propaganda.