Azerbaijan to arm Ukraine if Russia continues to target its facilities – media

Baku will lift the ban on arms supplies to Kyiv if the Russian army continues targeting Azerbaijani gas facilities in Ukraine, Caliber reported, citing its sources.

According to the source, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation in which they discussed the Russian Armed Forces’ strikes on Ukrainian gas facilities that serve as transit points for Azerbaijani gas. In addition, it is reported that the strike was carried out on the Azerbaijani oil base SOCAR in Odesa.

The publication noted that Russia’s successive strikes on Azerbaijani facilities on the territory of Ukraine continued, prompting Baku to take retaliatory measures.