Taipei, June 14 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said it detected eight Chinese Naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Saturday.

Contrary to the usual, no Chinese aircraft were detected in this timeframe.

In a post on X, the MND said, "8 PLAN ships operating around Taiwan were detected as of 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. Illustration of flight path is not provided due to no PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan were detected during this timeframe."

Earlier on Friday, Taiwan's Ministry of Defence said it detected 15 sorties of Chinese aircraft and seven Chinese vessels.

Of the 15 aircraft, nine entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern ADIZ (Air Defence Identification Zone).

In a post on X, th...