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| Bombardment of Stepanakert | |
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| Part of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | |
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| Location | Stepanakert, |
| Date | 27 September 2020 – 9 November 2020 [1] (GMT+4) |
Attack type | Bombardment |
| Deaths | 13[2] |
| Injured | 51[2] |
| Perpetrators | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
4,258 buildings damaged throughout the course of the bombardment | |
The bombardment of Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտի ռմբակոծություններ) began on September 27, 2020, the first day of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and lasted throughout the duration of the war. Stepanakert is the capital and largest city of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and was home to 60,000 Armenians on the eve of the war.[3][4][5][6] Throughout the 6-week bombardment, international third parties consistently confirmed evidence of the indiscriminate use of cluster bombs and missiles by Azerbaijan against civilian areas lacking any military installations in Stepanakert; this was denied by Azerbaijan.[7][8] The prolonged bombardment forced many residents to flee, and the rest to take cover in crowded bomb shelters, leading to a severe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, infecting a majority of the remaining residents. [9][10] Throughout the course of the bombardment, 13 residents were killed, 51 were injured, and 4,258 buildings in the city were damaged.[11]
- ^ "Ստեփանակերտը հրթիռակոծվում է հեռահար հրթիռներով. թիրախում բնակելի թաղամասներն են". alternative.am (in Armenian). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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- ^ Hauer, Neil (October 16, 2020). "Nagorno-Karabakh: Sirens, shelling and shelters in Stepanakert". Aljazeera. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Freeman, Colin (October 5, 2020). "Azerbaijan dropping cluster bombs on civilian areas in war with Armenia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ Peuchot, Emmanuel (2020-10-24). "Coronavirus thrives in Karabakh's bomb shelters". Coronavirus. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ Collins, Dylan (October 15, 2020). "Karabakh residents face lurking threat of unexploded cluster bombs". CTV News. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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hrw123was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Peuchot, Emmanuel (2020-10-24). "Coronavirus thrives in Karabakh's bomb shelters". Coronavirus. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ Tsvetkova, Nvard Hovhannisyan, Maria (2020-11-10). "Armenia fights war with COVID-19 complicated by Nagorno-Karabakh conflict". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "1,350 buildings damaged in the 2020 war rebuilt in Artsakh". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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