Ukrainian troops sent by Kiev defect to anti-government protesters.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

182. You're talking, putting words down, but you haven't proven a single thing.

State Department and Congress members, State Department or Congress members....none of that conclusively proves a single thing.

What you have been claiming was rated "Pants on Fire" by Politifact recently. Read for yourself:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/19/facebook-posts/united-states-spent-5-billion-ukraine-anti-governm/

What you've been claiming is that one day Congress up and voted $5 billion to give to Ukraine in order to foment regime change against the Yanukovych administration. That simply isn't the case. That figure represents spending over a 20 year period, long before Yanukovych was ever in office.

Yes, I'll call what I said a narrative. However, it is a narrative supported by observable facts. Could what you've claimed be somewhere within the realm of possibility? Sure....most anything is possible, technically speaking. Is it likely? No....it is highly, highly unlikely. Have you shown any facts that actually rise to the level beyond speculation and innuendo? No, you have not.

You claim to accept facts. But you haven't given me any real facts of a US sponsored "coup". Where is the actual evidence that the US played a direct role in forcibly removing Yanukoych from power against his will? Don't give me the $5 billion figure, don't give me McCain visiting Ukraine, don't give me the cookie story, don't give me talk about Svoboda (which has nothing to do with anything)...give me concrete, hard evidence.