Four Days Of Fighting In Nagorno-Karabakh Wreak Devastation: A Photo Report

On September 28, 2020, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry posted a video that purported to show an Azerbaijani army artillery strike against the positions of ethnic Armenian separatists in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

A frame from a video clip published by the Armenian Defense Ministry reportedly shows an Azerbaijani armored personnel carrier destroyed by Armenian armed forces.

A resident of the Azerbaijani town of Tartar, roughly 52 kilometers north of Nagorno-Karabakh, shows holes in his house’s gates, damaged by shelling.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry published this photo in which medical workers assist a man said to be a citizen injured in the fighting with Azerbaijani forces.

A shell-damaged road in the Azerbaijani town of Tartar, just north of Nagorno-Karabakh

A resident of the Azerbaijani town of Tartar shows a self-made bomb shelter in the courtyard of his house.

An elderly woman rests in a basement used as a bomb shelter in Stepanakert (called Khankendi in Azerbaijani), the main town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Ethnic Armenian women take shelter from gunfire in a bomb shelter in Stepanakert (Khankendi), the main town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

An apartment building damaged by shelling in the Azerbaijani town of Tartar, just north of Nagorno-Karabakh

Rubble from an attack on the Azerbaijani town of Tartar

A man stands amidst the rubble of his house in the town of Hadrut in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. His house was destroyed from shelling by Azerbaijani forces, he said.

A resident of the Azerbaijani town of Tartar, north of Nagorno-Karabakh, shows apparent shell damage to another gate. 

This frame from a video published by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry shows soldiers firing artillery at Armenian and Karabakhi positions.

A man shows a kiosk damaged during shelling on the Azerbaijani town of Tartar.

A photo from the Armenian Foreign Ministry shows war damage at an unidentified location in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Raising their arms to signal victory, Azerbaijani soldiers ride in an armored personnel carrier in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital.

This photo published by the Armenian Foreign Ministry shows war damage at an unidentified location inside the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Alleged damage from Azerbaijani shelling in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Martuni (called Khojavend by Azerbaijanis)

This photo from the Armenian Foreign Ministry shows damage likely caused by the renewed fighting between Armenian, Karbakhi, and Azerbaijani forces over Nagorno-Karabakh. The site of the photo was not identified.

A man at an undisclosed location holds part of an artillery shell, fired during renewed fighting in September 2020 between Armenian, Karabakhi, and Azerbaijani forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The photo was published by the Armenian Foreign Ministry.