20 Feb 2014 12:45

Batkivshchyna office in Odessa pelted with Molotov cocktails

ODESSA. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The office of Ukraine's opposition party Batkivshchyna was set alight in the city of Odessa, Odessa regional legislature MP Serhiy Veselov told Interfax.

According to Veselov, the attackers cut a padlock off of the gates and started to throw Molotov cocktails at the building, setting its ground floor on fire. No one was injured in the incident.

Firefighters put out the blaze. Batkivshchyna MPs alerted the police about the incident.

The party's Odessa office hosted a "nationwide EuroMaidan forum" last week.