evidence: Since then, tensions have remained high as the Azerbaijani military continues to remain on Armenian territory and as the CSTO appears to be dragging its feet. There have been reports of skirmishes leaving several Armenian soldiers wounded. As a result of a shootout on May 25, an Armenian junior sergeant was killed by Azerbaijani gunfire in Upper Shorzha in the Gegharkunik region. According to Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Edvard Asryan, there are approximately 1000 Azerbaijani soldiers on Armenian territory. [...] Armenia’s Defense Ministry issued a statement that six Armenian servicemen were surrounded and captured by Azerbaijani forces in the border area of Gegharkunik region in the early morning hours of May 27. According to the Ministry, the soldiers were carrying out engineering work. The statement went on to say that necessary measures are being taken to return the captured soldiers. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry had claimed earlier that the Armenian servicemen had crossed into Azerbaijan on a special mission, which Armenia’s Ministry denied, stating that the captured servicemen were in Armenian territory. [...] The Azerbaijani military units, which have infiltrated the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia since May 12, continue their provocative actions in a number of directions. As a result of one of them, in the early morning of May 27, in the bordering area of Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia, while carrying out engineering works in the guarding sector of N military unit of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, six servicemen have been surrounded and captured by the servicemen of armed forces of Azerbaijan.