Taipei, May 1 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of four sorties of Chinese military aircraft, five vessels and two official ships operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Friday.

All four sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part of the ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "4 sorties of PLA aircraft, 5 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 4 out of 4 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Thursday, detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft, five vessels and two official ships was detected operating around itself.

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