In early May, this picturesque city on the Black Sea suffered a surprising, gruesome tragedy. Forty-eight people were killed when Ukrainian nationalists and pro-Russian separatists faced off in a bloody street fight that culminated in a fire at a trade-union building. It was the most deadly civil conflict to visit Odessa in 95 years.
Los Angeles Times: In war-torn Ukraine, a film festival as tonic
298 candles were lighted up on the Odessa Film Festival square to commemorate the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in the Donetsk region.
