Taipei, July 5 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of seven naval vessels and seven official ships around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Sunday.

The MND said they have monitored the situation and responded.

In a post on X, it said, "7 PLAN vessels and 7 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded. No flight path illustration is provided, as we did not detect PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan during this timeframe."

Earlier on Saturday, the MND detected the presence of eight sorties of Chinese military aircraft, 10 naval vessels and seven official ships around itself.

Of the eight, six sorties e...