While Azerbaijan charged that the Russians were initially helping the Armenians, it was said that "the Azerbaijani fighters in the region far better equipped with Soviet military weaponry than their opponents."
Mentres que Acerbaixán sostivo que Rusia apoiou militarmente a Armenia nos inicios, sinalouse que "os soldados azarís na rexión estaban moito mellor equipados con pertrechos soviéticos que os seus opoñentes".