Taipei, Oct. 18 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said on Sunday that it tracked multiple Chinese military aircraft, naval vessels, and official ships in the vicinity of the island, with all detected air sorties breaching the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

According to a security update released by the defence ministry in a post on X, military authorities detected "2 sorties of PLA aircraft, 5 PLAN vessels and 9 official ships operating around Taiwan" up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) on Sunday.

Defence officials confirmed that both Chinese military aircraft sorties crossed the traditional buffer zone in the Taiwan Strait, entering Taiwan's designated Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).

The ministry noted that "2 out of 2 sorties c...