@novostidnua 8m

В Мариуполе ‘антифашисты’ разгромили офис партии ‘Батькивщина’ и сожгли офис Приватбанка

@MuhammadLila May 2

ABC confirms mayor of #Sloviansk not dead, contrary to reports. Tells us 20 dead, 20 wounded in fighting between #Sloviansk and Kramatorsk

@EuromaidanPR 13h

http://euromaidanpr.com/2014/05/02/russian-military-intelligence-is-recruiting-ukrainians-in-crimea-video-with-english-subs/

Journalists ” Spіlnobachennya ” came to contact the youth organization “Kuban wave” and ultras FC “Kuban” . They commented on the situation in his region and its relationship to Moscow and Ukraine.
“New revolutionary events in the homeland of our ancestors did not allow us to remain neutral and detached to observe everything that is happening. We Kuban Cossack youth decided to declare their support for Ukraine. After the revolution, 1917-1922, . Us Cossacks , separated from you, dekulakize we survived the destruction , a great famine , war , repression, and we have not forgotten about it. continuer of the KGB now robbing our land : cops run drug trafficking, Kadyrov mayhem across the Kuban, looting and raping with impunity under the roof of the FSB .
Putin and other Kremlin Gundyayev dwarfs build palaces, richer your Intermountain , and we , ordinary people , to the skin peel . In the Olympiad Putin regime has stolen about $ 100 billion , and prepares the following cuts .
We also got all this criminal occupation , and we realize that our main enemy is in the Kremlin. The older generation had a lot of shovel heads. But the youth wakes up , it becomes more conscious and more drawn to our own history .
We all realize that our future is not with the oppressor – the Kremlin and with our historical homeland – Great Ukraine. Revolution and the overthrow of the criminal occupation you give us an example to follow , and inspiration in the fight against the Putin regime . At the same time , we understand that our strength unequal , so we will wait Ukrainian Liberation Army in the Kuban region of the solar lands . Glory to Ukraine ! “

http://osp-ua.info/politicas/30581-v-kubani-poslali-putina-i-sobirautsja-prisoedinitsja-k-upa.html

This was last night, during the fighting in Odesa.

Brave people.

At a military recruitment center, shooting from both sides.

Separatists attempted to take over a border control checkpoint in Luhansk region:

As reported by Inforesist group citing Hubs news agency, approximately thirty armed people tried to take control over the border control point in the village of Krasnaya Talovka which is located on the border with Russia. “People armed with automatic rifles came and said that we should surrender the weapons and *** off from here. We responded using similar language and advised that we are not going to surrender.” – said undisclosed information source from the Luhansk Border Control unit.

According to him, the armed individuals did not attempt to storm the post. After it became clear that the border control guards are prepared to mount armed resistance, the armed individuals left and “judging by their conversations, went to Alchevsk”.

http://defenceua.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/separatists-attempted-to-take-over-a-border-control-checkpoint-in-luhansk-region/

The world was shocked by the Ukrainian President’s sensational May 1 admission that Ukraine had “lost control” of eastern Ukraine. Pundits and the press declared “game over.” Ukraine has lost the war for the eastern half of its country. I was puzzled: Why would a head of state admit defeat in the midst of war?

Today, we may have an answer: The Ukrainian government wanted to lull the Russia’s covert operators in their command and control center of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine into a sense of false confidence. Although supposedly infiltrated from top to bottom, the Ukrainian military and intelligence services caught Slovyansk by surprise, at least in terms of the magnitude and ferocity of the attack.

Slovyansk is the Russian command and control center for the whole of Eastern Ukraine, headed by a high-ranking colonel of special ops forces. It is the epicenter of kidnapping, political murders, and intimidation. The international observer hostages are held in Slovyansk.

In the early morning today (May 2), Ukrainian military and national guard forces attacked and took the fortified roadblocks leading into Slovyansk, completely encircling the city. Reports from the scene from the late afternoon by experienced reporters indicate that Ukrainian troops are poised on bridges, leading into the city center. Unconfirmed reports say that the OSCE international-observer hostages have been moved to another location.

The Russian reaction has been violent. Russia demanded and got an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, in which it demanded condemnation of Ukrainian action and the introduction of “peacekeeping forces” (presumably from Russia) into eastern Ukraine. The Russian ambassador called on Kiev and its Western “enablers…to not commit a fatal error” and stop the offensive, which he described as “criminal misadventures.”

The Western response to Russia’s complaint was scornful:

The French ambassador intoned that: “Russia…has released bands of thugs on Ukraine…and is suddenly discovering this mixture might escape its control.” The British Ambassador retorted that “Russia’s synthetic indignation convinces no one,” and U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Russia was “trying to insult the intelligence of the world community” by calling another urgent council meeting.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/02/did-ukraine-outfox-putin-with-its-offensive-in-slovyansk/

I’m not sure when this was filmed. Within the past week, probably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0N2iS5g_k

The government is Russia’s 5th column.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/news_in_brief/2014/05/140503_ak_sector_odessa_arrest.shtml

RIP. At 21: 30 at Sloviansk, in battle with Russian occupiers killed two fighters 95-Zhytomyr detached air-mobile Infantry Brigade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFxjb_o4nbs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27265927

http://tvi.ua/new/2014/05/03/u_kramatorsku_terorystam_nakazaly_perevdyahtysya_v_milicioneriv_i_strilyaty_v_lyudey

This is exactly what the Kremlin had done earlier in history. If your enemy won’t make the atrocities you need, do it for them.

I think these were girls photographed in the protests. They’re trying to blame them for the fire.

Great collection of pictures, start to finish, here: http://napaki.livejournal.com/100072.html

Many of the police donned red arm bands and supported / protected the Russian invaders:

The building which the Russians took over was set on fire during a molotov cocktail throwing contest:

Of the people killed in the fire or jumping from the burning building, none were Odes residents. By one report, 10 were from Trans-Dniester and 15 were from Russia. They had Russian weapons with them. The SBU published photos of their passports.

@OdessaBlogger · 24h

The next 3 days have been declared days of mourning in #Odessa – quite rightly.

@OdessaBlogger · 2m

#Odessa political & SBU sources stating Arbuzov & Klimenko of #Yanukovich regime financed yesterday. Infers local pols as vassals if true.

@OdessaBlogger May 2

As if it couldn’t get any worse, @YuliaTymoshenko has arrived in #Odessa to annoy local people further.

(LOL!)

@olgatokariuk May 2

Russian twitter full of calls on Putin to invade #Ukraine. After #Odessa, he has an excuse that Russian citizens were attacked

@StateOfUkraine May 2

Tymchuk: a group of pro-Kremlin forces arrived in #Odessa by bus, were arrested and then mysteriously released by high level police official

@Ukroblogger May 2

Police: 31 [#Russians] dead in burned bldg (27 suffocated, 8 jumped); other figure: 38 #Ukraine #Odessa #Одесса pic.twitter.com/19qGxR7HzF

@pjduvivier May 2

Among the pro-russian dead in #Odessa , no one was living in #Odessa. #Russian resident and #Transinistrian resident…no local #Ukraine

@EuromaidanPR May 2

#Odesa clashes updates: 1 man from #Ukrainian side shot dead by pro-#russians – о1.ua pic.twitter.com/6E9oJA6HtU | EMPR News

@EuromaidanPR May 2

The crowd is yelling to pro-#Russian thugs in #Odesa “get the F**K out of #Ukraine” @euromaidan |EMPR #russianinvasion #Putin #putinhuylo

@TorstenSc May 2

#Odessa happening now: Red arm straps signalling riot police who are siding w #Russia thugs pic.twitter.com/q2uPqonMoA

@MrConnieS May 2

@OdessaBlogger the Ultras are brave fearless desperate times call for desperate measures it’s a fight for the soul of Ukraine

Story here: http://www.unian.net/politics/914050-v-odesse-vo-vremya-pojara-v-dome-profsoyuzov-pogibli-38-chelovek-8-iz-nih-vyipryignuli-iz-okon.html

Speculation that possible Russian intelligence officer and separatist coordinator Igor Strelkov is dead: http://hvylya.org/news/exclusive/vozmozhno-v-slavyanske-unichtozhili-glavarya-diversantov-igorya-strelka.html

Edit: This seems to be inaccurate.