Still, it doesn't really matter. What matters most is the outcome:
According to the New York Times' allegation based on sources in Baku, Putin gave Aliyev an ultimatum on the night of the tripartite agreement on Karabakh: Stop the operations after taking Shusha or the Russian army will intervene.
That night, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced that the Russian Mi-24 was "accidentally" shot down by Azerbaijan.
- - Azerbaijan got most of the rest of the territories without bloodshed, or wasting a single bullet.
- - Kept all the booty it's got from fleeing Armenians.
- - Gained a lot of experience in modern and drone warfare.
- - Got Turkey involved in the peace-keeping process.
- - Armenians shouting "genocide" only weakened their case against Turks.
- - Turkish defence products were tested and passed with merit.
- - Turkish defence products were showcased and got a lot of positive exposure. (free advertisement)
- - Hostile countries who took Armenia's side got a dose of bitter medicine. (UAE, KSA, France etc.)
- - Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance grew stronger than ever and the brotherly sentiment can be seen with the Turkish flag being waved and hoisted everywhere from battlefields to the residential streets.
- - The whole world (albeit silent) had witnessed the rockets launched into residetial areas by Armenia, and their barbarism regarding cultural and religious sites and monuments, animals and even their own soldier carcasses.
Edit: removed India from hostile countries upon checking that India's position has been neutral.
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