There were clashes in Odesa on Sunday evening between pro-Russian and pro-European demonstrators. The violence broke out when the routes followed by the two groups of demonstrators crossed.
The pro-Russian marchers, who were carrying Russian flags, put the pro-European activists to flight and chased them, driving them toward the Duc de Richelieu statue but were stopped there by police.
They then hurled eggs at the pro-European activists and went away after a brief rally.The pro-Russian demonstrators had earlier gathered on Kulikovo Field, not far from the central train station. Police posted at what has become the usual site for pro-Russian rallies said between 2,500 and 3,000 people had turned out for the event. After the meeting, its participants marched through city streets in procession.
Their adversaries had gathered at the Duc de Richelieu statue, the usual site of pro-European events, for a rally that brought together 2,000 to 2,500 people according to police.
After the rally, they marched through streets in the city center, unfurling a 1 kilometer-long Ukrainian flag on Deribasovskaya Street. After the majority of them had gone away, the remaining marchers crossed paths with their pro-Russian adversaries.
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