Odessa "Automaidan" blocks pilgrims of Cross Procession
July 26, 20:07 near Odessa, in the church of the village of Aleksandrovka, Odessa "Automaidan" activists blocked people travelling from Odessa to Kiev to join the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession, reports the Infocentre-Odessa.
The Odessa resident Lada Laferova wrote on her Facebook page that Automaidan blocked the Odessa pilgrims: "They blocked and not released people. Among them there are a lot of women," shared the Oddesite.
On the official website of the "Automaidan" activists urged if possible to damage buses: "When you see the bus: block it, cut the tires or throw a brick into a windshield!" – said the message. On the "Automaidan" page in the social network there have also reported the bus numbers of pilgrims to "declare hunting for".
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