October 2022 marked the sad, two-year ann?versary of the wanton m?ss?le attacks by Ar- men?a aga?nst peaceful Azerba?jan? c?t?es dur?ng the 44-day Karabakh War ?n 2020, w?th Ganja c?ty and Barda be?ng among the most affected targets. The second-largest c?ty ?n Azerba?jan?, Ganja was attacked us?ng Tochka-U and, later, SCUD ball?st?c m?ss?les on October 11, 2020, the very n?ght that the human?tar?an ceasef?re took effect. Azerba?jan also reported the shell?ng of c?t?es such as Tartar, Barda, M?ngachev?r, Aghjabed?, and Beylaghan. However, Ganja became a textbook example of war cr?mes aga?nst peaceful c?v?l?ans. The m?ss?les used aga?nst Ganja were of h?gh destruct?ve capac?ty and the?r use aga?nst c?v?l?ans ?s proh?b?ted under ?nternat?onal human?tar?an law. These attacks were conf?rmed as hav?ng been launched d?rectly from Armen?an terr?tory on October 11 and 16–17, 2020, k?ll?ng and ?njur?ng dozens of c?v?l?ans alongs?de caus?ng s?gn?f?cant dest- ruct?on to c?v?l?an ?nfrastructure.