Odesa regional unit of the Right Sector organisation says holding the Odesa Pride in the city on August 14-16 is a dangerous provocation against the backdrop of fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to the unit’s top official.

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“This could lead to riots. Even if no one comes there to prevent the event from being held, there are still many war veterans, ultras and ordinary citizens in the city who will not turn a blind eye on this,” Serhiy Sternenko, leader of the Right Sector’s Odesa unit wrote on Facebook.

According to Sternenko, the organiser of the “LGBT Festival in Odesa is some low-profile organisation, registered in Switzerland”.

He emphasises that for some reason, the organisers chose the dates for holding an event exactly when the city will host the fans of four football teams – Chornomorets (Odesa), Zorya (Luhansk), Shakhtar (Donetsk) and Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk).

Right Sector is known for their anti-LGBT views and propaganda.

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