Taipei, April 21 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of twenty-four sorties of Chinese military aircraft, seven PLAN vessels and one ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.

Of the twenty-four sorties, eleven crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern parts of the ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "24 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 11 out of 24 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Monday, Taiwan's Ministry of...