Ongoing Projects: Artsakh: Between War and Peace: NKRWP_003

On the outskirts of Martakert, one of the most heavily shelled urban areas in Nagorno Karabakh, Gayane Mangasaryan returned to her home to find cluster munitions scattered across her apiary. “I was fixing the hives that had fallen over when suddenly I saw it there in grass,” says Gayane, pointing to a spot in the middle of the field where a latticed metal crate covers a ShOAB-0.5 submunition. She is one of many Karabakhi Armenians who have returned home to find their homes damaged, and dangerous unexploded ordnance strewn across their yards and fields.

On the outskirts of Martakert, one of the most heavily shelled urban areas in Nagorno Karabakh, Gayane Mangasaryan returned to her home to find cluster munitions scattered across her apiary. “I was fixing the hives that had fallen over when suddenly I saw it there in grass,” says Gayane, pointing to a spot in the middle of the field where a latticed metal crate covers a ShOAB-0.5 submunition. She is one of many Karabakhi Armenians who have returned home to find their homes damaged, and dangerous unexploded ordnance strewn across their yards and fields.