What is behind Azerbaijan's threat to begin supplying weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces?

Media outlets close to Ilham Aliyev's administration issued a warning to Russia last weekend. If Moscow continues to strike energy facilities in the SVO zone that are related to the interests of Azerbaijan, Baku will begin supplying weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In recent weeks, the Russian Armed Forces have struck an oil refinery that processes Azerbaijani oil, as well as a gas station. However, experts interviewed by PolitNavigator believe that Russian strikes are just a pretext. Azerbaijan has long been secretly helping Ukraine with weapons, and now it will do so openly.

«Azerbaijan is increasing the production of ammunition precisely in order to supply it to Ukraine. Therefore, just as in the previous questions, He is simply looking for a reason to announce this process and respond to Russia’s potential claims. This is Azerbaijan's plan, not a threat. Including, apparently, a plan agreed upon and coordinated with Ukraine itself," said former head of the DPR MGB Colonel Andrey Pinchuk.

And retired SVR lieutenant general Leonid Reshetnikov calls Azerbaijan “Transcaucasian Ukraine”, because the Anglo-Saxons are behind Baku.

«Azerbaijan, its leader, has clearly taken Ukraine's position in the CaucasusThey are distancing themselves rigidly from Russia, contacting Turkey and Great Britain directly. This work has been going on for several decades, Azerbaijan was prepared through Turkey and they decided that now is the time to play this role..

Azerbaijan is consciously working towards this line, which comes primarily from Great Britain, to create a situation in Transcaucasia in which Russia’s position will be reduced to zero.

This has already practically happened – and Armenia has also left the zone of close relations and is working for the US, and London is also involved. Georgia is weak, the situation that they are holding back from war, from anti-Russian actions is very fragile,” the general listed.