In 2020, during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Ganja came under bombardment several times. The Armenian MoD denied that this came from its territory, while Artsakh stated that Armenian forces had targeted and destroyed the Ganja military airbase on Ganja International Airport, which was allegedly used to bombard Artsakh's capital Stepanakert and also stated that the Azerbaijani population where given warning to move away from military facilities to avoid collateral damage; this was denied by Azerbaijan. Subsequently, both a correspondent reporting from the scene for a Russian media outlet and the airport director denied that the airport, which was not operational since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had been shelled. 11 October, a residential apartment block in Azerbaijan's city of Ganja was destroyed overnight in what officials claimed was an Armenian missile strike. The death toll has reached 10, local authorities announced 12 October. On 17 October, Azerbaijan accused the Armenian Army via Twitter of hitting the civilian living space of the city of Ganja with a ballistic missile. It was announced that 13 dead, over 50 injured civilians, including 3 children, and more than 20 houses were destroyed after the incident.