Taiwan Ministry of Defense announced twitterThe country’s Armed Forces reportedly recorded that 26 planes belonging to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army approached the island in one day.
“From 06:00 on Wednesday, April 12 to 06:00 on Thursday, April 13, 26 aircraft and seven ships of the People’s Liberation Army of China were observed around Taiwan,” the statement said.
According to the country’s defense ministry, 14 aircraft crossed the “midline” of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island’s air defense identification zone.
At the same time, the Taiwanese side sent an air and sea patrol to monitor the situation and deployed land-based missile systems.
Earlier, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not available Information on the possibility of Beijing introducing a no-fly zone over the island of Taiwan.