The police of the Odessa region informs that from April 30 of the current year the personnel of the police units of the region will be transferred to the enhanced version of the service.
More than two thousand law enforcers will ensure public order in Odessa on May 2 - the anniversary of the tragic events that took place in the city in 2014 and caused the death of 48 people, the press service of the Odessa region police department said on Friday..
"We remind you that on May 2 - the third anniversary of the events that took place in the city of Odessa in 2014. In this regard, from April 30 this year the personnel of the police units of the region will be transferred to an enhanced version of the service ... In total, more than two thousand law enforcement officers are involved in ensuring public order, "reads the statement..
According to police, law enforcement officers will be strengthened to patrol the central part of the city, the territory of the Kulikovo field and Cathedral Square. In addition, on the territory of the Kulikovo field will be introduced a regime for restricting citizens' pass - the passage to the venue of the events will be carried out exclusively through the filtration checkpoints, added to the police.
"In order to prevent acts of vandalism and outrage over the burial places of those killed in the burial places, the territorial police units will display police posts," the report says..
In order to prevent the importation into the territory of the city of items and materials that can be used during riots, joint posts of police and Security Service of Ukraine surveillance on the main transport highways and highways leading to the city.
On the afternoon of May 2, 2014 in the area of ??
Hellenic Square in Odessa fights began between activists of "anti-Maidan" on the one hand and football "ultras" from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as supporters of Euromaidan on the other. The big fight ended with the arson of the House of Trade Unions, in which representatives of the "anti-Maidan". Victims of the conflict were 48 people, more than 250 injured.
The investigation found that the riots in Odessa were organized and deliberately planned, but the investigation of the Odessa tragedy is still incomplete.