After months of low-level clashes in Ukraine, the crisis broke into widespread lethal violence Friday, with dozens of fatalities in the country's deadliest day since the ouster of president Viktor Yanukovych in February. The Ukrainian interior ministry reported that 31 people were killed in a fire at the Odessa trade union building, where pro-Russia protesters had taken cover after street clashes with a pro-Kiev crowd. An unknown number of others were killed in the fighting in the streets. According to Odessa's security forces, the fire broke out as pro-Russian militants and football fans rallying in support of Ukrainian unity fought in the center of the city. One of the clashing groups took shelter in the union building, but they became trapped when another group attacked the building with Molotov cocktails, which started the fire.
Meanwhile, Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said that during the "anti-terror operations" by Ukrainian forces in the city of Slavyansk Friday many insurgents had been killed, wounded or arrested. However, earlier in the day, pro-Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian helicopters killing a pilot and a serviceman in the city.
Government buildings and police stations in several eastern Ukraine cities remain under the control of armed pro-Russia groups, including a prosecutor’s office building in Donetsk.
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