Foreign experts have been asked to help investigate the events that occurred in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on May 2, 2014, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page.

"Certainly, the results of the inquiry into the Odesa events will be made public. Foreign experts have now been invited to join this investigation in order to secure its greater objectivity," he said.

At least 46 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as a result of the unrest and the fire in Odesa on May 2.