Ukraine: US condemns Odessa violence as dozens die

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13. There is so many people making judgements that don't know the country

Odessa is not the same as Donetsk. It is south-West. In Donetsk they are closer to Russia. Odessa'ns mostly want to be part of Ukraine, but they mostly speak Russian there and it appears that many there don't identify with the new government. Odessa was never on the same wavelength as West Ukraine.

This whole thing would die down if Kiev would have been open to some kind of federalization. Like in the states, but despite the fact that the Interim President made a statement he was open to it, he has made multiple promises that he was not going to allow it and he has to actually make a solid gesture before anyone will believe it. Do people really think that at this point compromise (instead of killing masses of people) would not be a good idea?

What happened today is all over Ukrainian and Russian sites and it is going to have repercussions. To people living there this is very real, and we may not want to admit it but the population in these areas is afraid of the current government because they have not reigned in their extremists.