What happened

Nagorno-Karabakh's Defense Army reportedly struck Ganja's military airport in Azerbaijan overnight on 3-4 October 2020, during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said 'the Ganja military airport has disappeared,' a claim disputed by Azerbaijan, with no independent damage assessment found in the reviewed reporting. The strike came amid intense Azerbaijani shelling of the Karabakh capital Stepanakert on the evening of 3 October and again in the early hours of 4 October. Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said no fire was being opened from Armenian territory toward Azerbaijan, while Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan warned future strikes on Karabakh's capital would be 'disastrous for Azerbaijan'; Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan subsequently ordered a cessation of fire toward Ganja. No casualties were reported. This record introduces the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war to the site's airbase/airport-strike coverage, added following the extension of the backfill window back to 2016.

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