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Odessa Bombings Show Separatists' Limitations

Jan 8, 2015 | 10:17 GMT

Odessa Bombings Show Separatists' Limitations
Ukrainian troops stand guard in Odessa, Ukraine, on Jan. 5.

(ALEXEY KRAVTSOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

Since July 2014, nine bombings have rocked Odessa, one of Ukraine's major port cities. While the recent bombings were not carried out in a professional manner by a group with strong institutional organization, they demonstrate the ability of pro-Russia elements to disrupt daily life outside Ukraine's east. The pro-Russia attacks also reveal constraints in creating a large-scale movement in the Odessa area, which is especially significant because of its location and unique political orientation.  

Odessa's ambivalent political climate and a crackdown by security forces have led pro-Russia groups to resort to small-scale bomb attacks to pressure the Ukrainian government....

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