Kiev’s government and its western allies bear full responsibility for the recent bloodshed in Ukraine, Russia’s presidential spokesman has said, adding it is now impossible to convince people in the region to disarm because their lives are under threat.



Live Updates (I will keep adding to this as & when – RB)

Saturday May 3

06:48 GMT: Russians bring candles to the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to commemorate the dead in Odessa.

06:36 GMT: Odessa police have identified eight of those killed in the fire in the Trade Unions House. All of them are local residents. The fire took the lives of 31 people.

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