Taipei, May 10 -- Twelve sorties of Chinese military aircraft, five vessels and one official ship operating around Taiwan's territorial waters were detected on Sunday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said.

Of the 12, 9 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the ministry said, "12 sorties of PLA aircraft, 5 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 9 out of 12 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Saturday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of eight sorties of Ch...