Taiwan, July 28 -- Taiwan on Tuesday detected one sortie by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and seven PLA Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around the island up until 6 a.m. local time.

The Ministry of National Defence wrote in a post on X that the single detected aircraft entered Taiwan's southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).

"1 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today," the Ministry of National Defence stated. "1 out of 1 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ."

The ministry noted that the Republic of China (ROC) Armed Forces monitored the military movements and deployed appropriate defence assets to respond to the activity.

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