Taipei, March 8 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of seven Chinese naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Sunday.

The MND said they responded to the situation accordingly.

In a post on X, the MND said, "7 PLAN vessel operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded. Illustration of flight path is not provided due to no PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan were detected during this timeframe."

https://x.com/MoNDefense/status/2030448412882260024?s=20

Earlier on Saturday, the MND detected two sorties of Chinese aircraft, six naval vessels and an official ship around itself.

In a post on X...