Near Taiwan, 31 military aircraft and 10 ships belonging to the Armed Forces of China were recorded near Taiwan. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan.
According to the statement posted on the official page of the department on the X network, in the morning the activity of Chinese aviation was observed in the airspace around the island. Of the 31 aircraft 22, the so -called middle line of the Taiwanese strait was crossed, traditionally considered the delimitation of the zones of the influence of the parties.
It is reported that flights were carried out in the northern, central, southwestern and eastern parts of the Taiwan Air Defense Zone. Also near the island, 9 warships were discovered and 1 ship designated as “official”.
Taiwan’s military department said that she monitors the situation and was taking appropriate response measures.
China considers Taiwan to its integral part. The island has been actually controlled independently since 1949, but Beijing does not exclude the use of force to “reunite” with the mainland. In recent years, the pressure from China on Taibay has noticeably increased.