Great Power contentions

[Crandar]

It's not about Azerbaijan being the goodies or the baddies, but that the comparison was completely unsuitable, for the legal and diplomatic reasons I cited. Could Cyprus be reunited? Yes, sure, if something like the previous referendum passes. Could Turkey conquer the rest of the island. Not a single chance, in Greece only the crazies of the Golden Dawn believe in that stuff.

As for Putin's motivation, you make the mistake of buying his bubble intended for domestic purposes and then spinning it to fit the dominant narrative in geopolitical discourse since the '90s about ideology being a primary factor. Not sure about the dust settling either. It's been more than a year since the Armenians capitulated.

EDIT: Fidonisi has been taken. Zelenski is presenting its defense as the Ukrainian Hotgates. He's too melodramatic I believe, which might actually undermine morale.