Taipei, April 30 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft, five vessels and two official ships operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Thursday.

Both the sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "2 sorties of PLA aircraft, 5 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 2 out of 2 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Wednesday, the MND detected the presence of 10 sorties of Chinese military aircraft, 11 vessels, and an official ship operating around itself.

As per the MND,...