The Kremlin may have secured peace in the South Caucasus with its deal to end a six-week conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, but Turkey has won the war. Strong Turkish political support, cutting-edge Turkish drones and experienced Turkish military advice skewed the balance towards Azerbaijan and allowed it to roll over Armenian positions in what was considered to be the near-impregnable mountain fortress of Nagorno-Karabakh. Last weekend Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said his soldiers had captured the town of Shusha and that their next target was the Armenian capital in the region, Stepanakert. Armenia denied that it had lost control of Shushi, as Armenians call the town, but it was clear that Azerbaijan had scored major military successes. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan probably had little choice but to agree to a humiliating peace deal that secures Azerbaijan's dominance and forces his soldiers to leave the surrounding area.
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