Ukraine on Fire Page #9

the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to go to war on two fronts

if odessa were to join the uprising

it would seriously complicate the situation

this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and by any cost

and that cost was high

on may 2nd 2014 soccer fans flocked to the center of the city

the excuse was a ukrainian soccer championship match

surprisingly a number of those fans that came to odessa just before the match

also turned out to be fighters for maidan's self-defense militia

along with members of radical organizations from all parts of ukraine

crowd:
hail to the nation, death to the enemies, ukraine, above everything, ukraine, above everything

these fans wore masks

armed and shouting nationalistic slogans

began a disturbance in the city

marched to the anti-maidan tents

and attacked them

the anti-maidan protesters sought shelter in the trade union house

but it was a trap

maidan supporters started throwing molotov cocktails to the building

until it caught on fire

people burnt inside or

trying to escape

jumped through the windows

although the fire station was less than a mile away

it took almost half an hour for them to arrive

and by then the damage had been done

but here is an interesting fact

just a few days before the tragedy

a messenger from maidan

andriy parubiy made a visit to odessa

interesting coincidence that

some of those he was meeting with

were seen as active participants on that fateful day

but not everyone was mourning

on the popular political talk-show shuster live

the news about the people burnt alive in odessa

was welcomed with a long round of applause

oleg liashko:
among the dead in odessa

were 15 russian citizens

10 were from transdnestria republic

and no one from odessa

on its facebook page

the right sector announced the events of may 2nd

as a proud moment of national history

an official investigation is going on now for nearly two years

and still has no conclusion

but it seems that experts had all the information needed from the beginning

andriy parubiy:
of course the provocation was started

by putin's agents that attacked the ukrainian demonstration

the great importance of odessa

can be seen in the fact that on may 30 2015

it was honored with a very special new governor

an old friend of the us

born and raised in ukraine's neighboring country

georgia

a quick look at his biography

gives one understanding that he was prepared for a special mission

michael saakashvili: i'm a peaceful protester

take your hands off me

mister saakashvili was receiving a us state department scholarship

and later worked at the new york organization kmara

a group we heard about in color revolutions history

saakashvili:
what we have here is democratic bloodless revolution

this is the revolution of roses

and this is michael saakashvili with kmara

overthrowing the legitimately elected president edward schewarnadze

saakashvili:
changing the government by peaceful methods

is the european way

i'm proud of it

soon after the rose revolution blossomed fully

georgia announced its intentions to join nato

and to build a nato military base

on fertile georgian land

right on the border of russia

saakashvili:
we will never give our freedom and independence

we will never give a piece of our territory

Saakashvili's mission was accomplished

at least to his friends and nato

the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy

in 2007 they took it to the streets

and mr. saakashvili responded with force

the people's discontent was growing

saakashvili's party lost parliamentary elections

and the opposition took control

he said that according to the constitution

the new parliament's majority

has to form a new government with him as a president

michael decided not to wait

the results of the new presidential elections

and fled the country on october 2013

in 2014 saakashvili refused the summon to appear in court

as a witness in some criminal cases

later that same year he was accused of abuse of power and embezzlement

saakashvili wound up in the us

and soon his friends in washington found him a new assignment

michael actively supported the maidan

and very soon was rewarded with a high position

in the new ukrainian government

first as a the president's counselor

and then as the governor of odessa

the day before taking this position

he renounced his citizenship in georgia

and became a ukrainian citizen

saakashvili:
i will always be a proud citizen

of my proud homeland

as they say the battle is worth the blood

both literally and figuratively

h :
i know well the true price of mr. saakashvilli's reforms

he is actually a part of the ongoing in ukraine project

that is being carried out by certain forces

geoffrey pyatt, the us ambassador to ukraine

had visited saakashvili just a month

after he took his position in odessa

geoffrey pyatt:
as long as the odessa administration delivers results

you're going to see a steady flow

of washington visitors coming here

the meeting was productive

and geoffrey was generous

no matter how well saakashvili did his job

it seemed like he needn't worry about his finances

on his facebook page he posted an official document

showing the new governor of odessa gets salary of almost 200 thousand dollars a year

for comparison, the governor of maine gets 70 thousand dollars a year

so if odessa became a us state

he would be at the top of the list

mr saakashvili must have felt good in his new home

since he is an old fellow from the orange revolution of viktor ushenko

who is the godfather of his son

ex-president of georgia michael saakashvili

was assigned the governor of odessa

it is literally a spit

an insult to the people of odessa

to all the ukrainian people

he wasn't even granted a us working visa

in the universities where they tried to put him to work

they didn't want him

but he was considered worthy

of being the governor of odessa

are there no honest

professional, able to do that job ukrainians?

a war, once launched

doesn't choose its victims

we are just learning at this hour

that malaysian airlines

has lost contact with one of its planes

the plane was indeed shot down by a missile

while flying over ukraine near the russian border

298 people were on board

no survivors found

perry:
it was a murder, a crime

and this odd carelessness about the investigation

there was a report, a very limited report

two months after the event

and it was said that the next report

would be on the anniversary of the event

if you're dealing with a criminal investigation

you need to work while the traces are still warm

and one should wonder

about the media's disinterest in this investigation

but even without answers

fingers were pointed immediately

that's not an accident

that is happening because of russia's support

evidence indicates that the plain was shot down by a missile

that was launched from the territory

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