There might not have been a war. On July 5, I said Armenia has 3-4 months and that we are going to lose Karabakh. This was clear. When the Azerbaijanis lost an army general during the incidents in July, the Turks started holding military exercises, and we Armenians needed to get ready, negotiate with Russia and restore the friendly ties. We’re living in the 21st century, and the war wasn’t fought with guns (99% of Armenian soldiers died from the strikes of unmanned aerial vehicles). This is what leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan said in an interview with Hraparak Armenian newspaper.

“Armenia needed two TOR systems and two divisions to close airways. Two divisions could make sure the adversary wouldn’t come forward. The major problem was lack of organization. The detachments left for the battlefield, but there was nobody to escort them. I met the chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, and he told me he didn’t know where to send the detachments to fight. My men underwent training and were sent to the battlefield. On September 29, the Russian State Duma held a session, we received documents stating that Russia could immediately send peacekeepers to Armenia and peace talks could begin, but Russia was rejected. If Armenia could have won without so many casualties and the embarrassing capitulation…There was a phone call and a document. My political party’s objective is to enhance ties with Russia. The people in Armenia who go against Russia are the enemies of the nation,” Tsarukyan said.

Asked if he has a pretension to become Prime Minister, Tsarukyan said now is not the time for that. “It will depend on elections, the people and the given situation, but I don’t want that now. If necessary, our party will consider it. It’s not the purpose of my life,” he said.