> You've provided no evidence for this. It's a coup by definition. According to the Oxford dictionary: > coup: a sudden, illegal, and often violent change of

> You've provided no evidence for this. It's a coup by definition. According to the Oxford dictionary: > coup: a sudden, illegal, and often violent change of government Maybe it wasn't sudden (if we consider the protests lasted several months), but it was definitely violent and illegal. I don't think I have to provide evidence of the violence. As for the "illegal" part: the government was democratically elected (so it was "legal"), and the vote in the parliament to depose Yanukovich was uncostitutional, as it required a 3/4 majority (338 votes) and only 328 people voted in favor.