The call was leaked on the 4th of February (and apparently recorded on the 28th of January), Yanukovych fled on the 21st. The correct context is that negotiatio

The call was leaked on the 4th of February (and apparently recorded on the 28th of January), Yanukovych fled on the 21st. The correct context is that negotiations were ongoing between Yanukovych and the Maidan organisations, with him offering Yatsenyuk the prime minister job on the 25th of January as part of a potential deal to end the protests. It's a very tired canard to call it a coup, of course, but it's important to be accurate about these details.