So after 6 weeks of fighting the Azeris and Turks made some decent gains, but at a very heavy price.
7000-10,000+ KIA (killed in action), hundreds of tanks, apcs, ifvs, drones, helicopters, etc. and In the end they were unable to conquer Stepanakert.
You could call it a partial victory, but in the end Azerbaijan was forced to agree to Russia's terms. Now Russia is moving in troops into the enclave.
Basically, just like all of the previous ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus, Russia wins. Putin must be laughing and drinking Champagne.
You know when you think about it, Turkey and Azerbaijan had all the advantages in this conflict. They had overwhelming numbers, air superiority for most of the conflict and much more. Regardless they were unable to gain a decisive and total victory.
It makes you wonder, what would happen if Turkey and it's proxies had to face of against an adversary where they didn't have so many advantages. I doubt they would gain anything significant.
In all these conflicts the Turkish side had satellites, drones, fighter jets, tanks, outnumbering the enemy 5 to 1 atleast. keep in mind their adversaries had no air defenses, no heavy weapons, no air force, no real chance in the long run
In Al Bab, against ISIS, Turkey sustained huge losses and the operation dragged on much longer than expected. Afrin took 2 months, again longer than expected. Ras Al Ayn, yes in all these cases Turkey won, however they were supposed to win and decisively, easily. However things did not turn out that way.
Ras Al Ayn is a tiny village on the Turkish border, yet despite every conceivable advantages, the YPG/PKK held out for 2 weeks and in the end Turkey had negotiate with Trump and allow the YPG troops to leave in exchange for the village.
Again in all these conflicts, we see partial gains in exchange for huge losses, but no total victory. Whether we're talking about Libya, Syria, Artaskh (Nagorno-Karabakh), they're all partial victories with no long term economic gains.
However Turkey's economy is now in dire straits with 1 US dollar worth over 8 Lira. Erdogan is looking to rally nationalist sentiments in order to survive. Looking for a way out of the economic glut,
Erdogan was eyeing the natural resources of southern Cyprus, but that seems to be off the table now when the Europeans threatened to act. So now the question is, where does Erdogan turn to next ? What will he do about Turkey's ruined economy ?
More than 400 Russian peacekeeping troops and their equipment have been successfully airlifted into Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. They then proceeded to the armistice line with Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
www.rt.com
