Comment: Yanukovych actually denounced his forced removal as a coup, and fled prior to the accusations of murder of protesters. The claims of murder are exptected to be false, as there are videos on YouTube showing protesters being shot by snipers in hotels held by protesters. It's expected that those shooting were either Blackwater (or whatever they're renamed to), who were filmed in Ukraine during the coup, or one of the many far-right neo-nazi militias, who were paid to attend the protests and cause violence.