[FreeReign]

As president, Yanukovych had the right to take that offer. There was nothing illegal or unconstitutional about that. US and EU actions emboldened the protesters, who started getting very violent and attacking the police with deadly weapons when the police were still being extremely lenient. This was a classic provocation strategy, where one side attacks the other repeatedly and then freaks out and cries “I’m a victim” when the other side finally fights back.

Here's the Timeline of the Euromaidan.

I don't think that you're describing the events accurately. The first violence occurred the night of Nov. 30th by Berkut special police units. That was also the night the Yanukovich administration suppressed cell phone service.

[Monmouth78]

Get real. Protesters attacking government building in DC and throwing molotov cocktails would have been machine gunned by the hundreds. Police were exceptionally restrained in Kiev, because they understood the provocation strategy being used. The provocateurs among the protesters kept upping the ante.

Look at what happen to one women in DC who was unarmed and not threatening anyone but simply acting strangely:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=miriam+carey&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=miriam+carey&sc=8-12&sp=-1&sk=&ghc=1&cvid=f1d37fd100d04099acc3782fd22c831f

Imagine protesters trying to storm the White House because they don’t like NAFTA, hardcore neo-Nazi skinheads leading the charge. The secret service would use gatling guns on them.