A kindergarten in the village of Aygepar in Armenia's Tavush province has come under fire by Azerbaijani troops from across the border.

The Azerbaijani military first attempted to occupy an Armenian border position, but once the Armenian troops thwarted them back to their posts, they started shelling Armenian villages.

Three dozen homes have been damaged since the beginning of border unrest, some of which, according to Tavush governor Hayk Chobanyan, will have to be built from scratch.

Prior to the border escalation, the kindergarten which was also shelled by Azerbaijan looked like this:

After the shelling, the facility can't be recognized:

Below are pictures showing the consequences of Azerbaijan's shelling of civilian infrastructure in border villages:

On July 12, Azerbaijan launched two failed infiltration attempts on the border with Armenia whose troops immediately identified the saboteurs and thwarted them back to their positions. Since the next morning, the Azerbaijani military has been firing on the Armenian positions, also using large caliber grenade launchers and combat drones to target civilian homes in several border settlements. Four servicemen of the Armenian army have been killed, 20 others have been wounded, while Azerbaijan has reported 11 deaths.

In the wee hours of July 16, Azerbaijani troops launched another infiltration attempt, but were again thwarted back to their positions.