Taipei, April 7 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Tuesday recorded the presence of 8 PLAN vessels, 1 official ship and 1 sortie of PLA aircraft around its territory.

Sharing the details in a post on X, MND said that they have monitored the situation and responded.

"1 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 1 out of 1 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded", it wrote on X.

MND detected the presence of three sorties of Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels and two official ships operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Monday.

All three sorties ...