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I definitely understand Ukraine’s position on this, given their predicament they must be consistent in all matters of territorial integrity and security.  
While I certainly doubt that these protesting Azerbaijani “ eco-activists” aren’t just government paid actors, is this really a blockade or just a border security checkpoint?  Everything I’ve read says Red Cross vehicles as well as Russian peacekeeping vehicles are passing through the Lachin corridor just fine, here’s a video of Russian peacekeeping trucks delivering supplies through the corridor. 
There’s still several points in the ceasefire agreement from 2020 that need to be addressed for context because it seems both sides have different interpretations.  It seems Armenia wants the corridor to be free of checkpoints and unobstructed, however there is nothing in the agreement forbidding Azerbaijan setting up checkpoints

The Republic of Azerbaijan shall guarantee the security of persons, vehicles and cargo moving along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.
The Lachin Corridor (5 km wide), which will provide a connection between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia while not passing through the territory of Shusha, shall remain under the control of the Russian Federation peacemaking forces

Reminder that this corridor passes through the internationally recognized border of Azerbaijan, so it’s understandable that they would want to have security checkpoints to prevent the flow of weapons into their country unchecked.  Especially because this part of the 2020 agreement has not been fully realized:

The peacemaking forces of the Russian Federation shall be deployed concurrently with the withdrawal of the Armenian troops

As far as I know the Nagorno-Karabakh still has a military presence and their troops have not withdrawn.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 83%. (I'm a bot)


A senior Ukrainian official has said that the impact of Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh is being exaggerated as a Russian effort to distract the world's attention from the war in his country.
In an interview with the Moldovan public broadcaster, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said that the blockade was being "Pumped up" in order to "Distract attention from the war in Ukraine and redirect it to other conflict spots so the whole world looks there."
Beyond deflecting the world's attention, another "Goal" was that "Russia one way or another wants to return its dominant position" and "Demonstrate that only it can mediate to resolve conflicts like this." Russia also was using the issue of the blockade, "At the expense of reigniting the conflict," in order to put pressure on Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey "To make them more pro-Russian."


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that's a nice moral high-ground you have there, Ukraine - would be a shame if you were to just trash it completely >

It's unfortunately the common position of the world. Armenia has no resources or military power to offer to anyone, and their leaders have destroyed the country by bending over to russia for so long. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan has important pipelines that the world wants access to. Armenia desperately needs to distance themselves from Russia, and i think by now most Armenians do want to, but it's far too late.
Ukraine's not taking the moral high ground by any means, but Azerbaijan is a fellow former soviet state that doesn't care for Putin's neo-soviet fever dreams. It makes perfect sense for them to be friendly with Azerbaijan.  And if Russia collapses, the sad truth is that no one is going to help Armenia when Azerbaijani tanks roll in the next day, so why bother trying to make friendly with Armenia? >

So they want the Armenians in that city to die from starvation? The love of money, once again.