A Masterclass for Donetsk: How the “couch squadron” in Odesa came to the defence.
06.05.2014
Translated by Voices of Ukraine
Edited by Alex Howard for VOU
All photos by the author
On the night of May 6th, Molotov cocktails were thrown at several road blocks in Odesa including the one that had been hit by a grenade from pro- Russians in the middle of April.
According to the founder of the self-defense group, this will not impact the defense of the city because “rapid response units” are already being formed.
A roadblock with the Ukrainian flag has been standing at the six kilometre point on one of the roads to Odesa for a month. Behind the sandbags are a couple of tents, a small kitchen and some old couches brought from home by Euromaidan activists. This was one of the first and most basic points of defence on the approaches to Odesa.
Valentina, a middle aged woman…
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