And heres another interesting shift in the narrative: This…

And heres another interesting shift in the narrative:

This one is a little bit more based on speculation, but I think its a reasonable bit of speculation.

On February 21, the aforementioned power-sharing agreement was signed. The next day, February 22, Yanukovych was trying to escape the country on an unregistered aircraft. He left Kyiv, told his police and military to stand down, and tried to escape the country. At no point do we have any indication that Yanukovych was in danger.

This is where the speculation comes in. Could Yanukovych have had evidence to believe or just genuinely feel like the situation in the country meant his life was in danger? Maybe. But its odd timing given that they had just signed the agreement. You would think he would give the agreement a try to see if the opposition leaders could use it to diffuse tensions and end the standoff in Maidan square.

Here's my speculation. It was known Russia strongly opposed this power sharing agreement. Ofcourse they did, it would mean Yanukovych wouldnt have unilateral power to pursue the deal he had made for closer ties with Russia and this power sharing deal would move Ukraine back towards closer ties towards Europe.

So what did Putin do? He told Yanukovych to leave. Because this gave him a pretext to say there was a coup - when in fact there was a potential resolution signed by Yanukovych that Putin just didn't want to accept.

This creates another perspective on the mysterious shooters in Maidan square. Maybe they were Russians.

The speculation is this: Putin actually benefits from an an overthrow of Yanukovych as opposed to a power sharing agreement, because it gives him the political cover he needs to take over Crimea and start the wheels turning on the eventual full scale take-over of Ukraine.