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RIP Vadim Papura, the 17-year-old communist youth who was burned to death by Ukrainian fascists along with 41 of his comrades in the Odessa fire of 2014/05/02 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

Vadim Papura did not burn to death. You can google the pictures of his funeral, his body wasn't burnt. He's listed as one of the 8 people who didn't burn or die from carbon monoxide poisoning that day.

It's also still not clear who or what exactly caused the fire. Both sides were flinging molotov cocktails at each other after the anti-maidan protestors attacked pro-maidan protestors. There's evidence suggesting it started inside (eg due to an accident). That's why there were no charges; even the anti-maidan protestors who were arrested were released because none of the charges could stick.

The main person in charge of the police response was dismissed by the government for his failings that day.