The Ukrainian government was struggling to maintain law and order in the south and east of the country yesterday after furious demonstrators sought retribution for 42 mostly pro-Russian sympathisers killed in Odessa on Friday.
Dozens of pro-Russian activists attempted to break into a local police station in Odessa, seeking the release of scores of demonstrators detained over the weekend.
Friday’s battles between rival mobs – and the burning of a trade union building in which dozens died – was the worst violence since the ousting of Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, in February, and prompted fresh fears of Russian intervention.
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