Taipei, June 27 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of a sortie of Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Saturday.

In a post on X, the MND said, "1 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Friday, the MND detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels operating around itself.

Both sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "2 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UT...