Odessa, Ukraine – 2 May 2014

1. Building on fire, people in front, injured on ground

2. Smoke coming from window, men at window, man lying on ledge

3. Men on roof of building, smoke, pull out to wide, police in riot gear lined up in foreground

4. Injured man on ground, head cradled by man in khaki fatigues, zoom into man’s distressed face

5. Fires in the street, men, burning building behind

6. Men bringing scaffolding frame through fires on the ground

7. Various of fires burning in front of building, crowds, flames from doorway

8. People in upstairs window, smoke behind, man steps onto ledge, pan left to another window, men there

9. Building, crowds, fire from lower windows

10. Men on upper window ledge as smoke billows

11. Front of building, flames coming from windows, firemen, hoses on ground, debris, firemen spraying fire

12. Burning doorway, men walk away

13. Wide shot pro-Kiev crowds at front, Kiev flag, pan fire engine, firemen

14. Men place Ukrainian flag on building to cheers from crowd

STORYLINE:

Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine’s offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces.

The clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in the previously calm port city led to a fire that police said killed 31 people.

The clashes erupted late on Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast, located 550 kilometres (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east.

Police said the deadly fire broke out in a trade union building, but did not give details on how it started.

According to Ukrainian news reports, the pro-Kiev demonstrators broke up an encampment of Moscow supporters outside the trade union building.

The latter took refuge in the building, which then caught fire.

Odessa police spokesman Volodymyr Shasbliyenko told AP that the fire apparently was caused by Molotov cocktails. He had no further details or identities of the victims.

Unlike eastern Ukraine, Odessa had remained largely untroubled since the February toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia.