​Pro-Russia demonstrators attack police station in Odessa; some prisoners are freed

By Simon Denyer and Anna Nemtsova, Sunday, May 4, 11:17 AM E-mail the writer

DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian activists and supporters attacked a police station in Odessa on Sunday, demanding the release of fellow activists arrested after deadly clashes in the Black Sea port two days earlier, witnesses said, as tensions remained dangerously high.

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