2020 bombardment of Martuni

Bombardment of Martuni
Part of 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
Russian peacekeeper in the damaged city of Martuni
LocationMartuni, Nagorno-Karabakh
Coordinates39°47′43″N 47°06′47″E / 39.79528°N 47.11306°E / 39.79528; 47.11306
DateSeptember 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)-
November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10) (GMT+4)
Attack type
Bombardment
Shelling
Drone strikes
Artillery salvos
Weapons
Deaths5 (as of October 5, 2020)
Injured10 (as of October 5, 2020)
PerpetratorAzerbaijani Armed Forces
1,203 buildings damaged in the Martuni Province

The bombardment of Martuni (Armenian: Մարտունի բնակավայրի ռմբակոծություն[1]) was the bombardment of the cities, towns, and villages in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, which is de jure a part of Azerbaijan. It was carried out by Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The city Martuni, along with the de facto capital Stepanakert, were badly damaged as a result of shelling.[2] The shelling resulted in the deaths of five civilians. 1,203 buildings were damaged in the province as a result of the bombardment, according to Artsakh Urban Development Ministry.[3] Victoria Gevorgyan, a resident of the Martuni Province of Nagorno-Karabakh, became the first child killed on the first day of the war.[4]

  1. ^ "Արցախի Մարտունի քաղաքի ռմբակոծության հետևանքով կա 4 զոհ, 11 վիրավոր, որոնցից չորսը՝ լրագրող". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» Ռադիոկայան. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Karabakh After the War". www.iwpr.net. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "1,350 buildings damaged in the 2020 war rebuilt in Artsakh". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  4. ^ "Lessons of War". hrw.org. Human Rights Watch. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.