Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Sep 19 2023 10:16am)
Yeah but seems like it's spilling over into active hostilities.
Quote (Prox1m1ty @ Sep 19 2023 10:22am)
It's been cooking there for a while. Yerevan is turning away from its traditional security guarantor Russia. RF troops were unable to secure an important humanitarian corridor in the region.
Likely a consequence of Russias military being caught I'm a bear trap elsewhere.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/russia-armenia-relations-us/Russia does not have the appetite to intervene, so it's plausible the Azeris are taking advantage of this and trying to finally take hold of Nagorno-Karabakh. It's important to note Russia basically kept the Azeris at bay for the last 20 years or so. Now that they are embroiled in a large scale war in Ukraine, Azeris probably feel like the time is ripe.