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"And the policemen doing their best in what can only be described as mayhem."

One strike on Odesa on Monday killed 10 people, including seven policemen, and injured 47 others.

However, he denied that he gave his police chiefs permission to kill suspects, adding that his "death squad" was made of "gangsters... not policemen".

"Every time someone new showed up on the scene, everyone would go, 'Wow that's cool' and laugh. There were policemen on the sidelines, but I felt they also wanted to watch," the person said.

Now he was flanked by two armed policemen.