SOURCE: TWITTER.COM
28 September 2020
THE WAR IN CAUCASUS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR RUSSIA Moscow is in a tough situation as violence flares up between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Being the latter’s strategic ally, Russia should come to its rescue in what yet could freeze Moscow’s ties with Azerbaijan that have somewhat warmed in recent years. In addition come Turkey’s stance and commitment it has not shown for the past thirty years. This runs the risk of Russia’s stepping into yet another hotbed in the region, after Syria and Libya.
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zerbaijan launched the massive artillery well as some strategic mountains. Separatists offensive on September 27 in the morning in the Nagorno-Karabakh region said the Azeri over the separatist reg ion of Nagorno- had grabbed a portion of their territory. The Karabakh. Azerbaijani forces carried out an air escalation led to reports of heavy casualties on and artillery attack targeting Armenian civilians both sides, also amongst civilians. Both Armenia and military facilities in Nagorno-Karabakh and and Nagorno-Karabakh declared martial shelled the capital city of Stepanakert. Within law and announced military mobilization. In a dozen hours, Azerbaijan captured some Azerbaijan officials imposed martial law in the civilian settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh as night from September 27 to September 28. The
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