Taipei, July 6 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Sunday detected nine Chinese military vessels and one official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time).

Contrary to the usual, the MND did not detect any PLA aircraft in this timezone.

In a post on X, the ministry said, "9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship 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."

https://x.com/MoNDefense/status/1941663389563883657

Earlier on Saturday, MND detected 18 Chinese aircraft, 11 Chinese vessels and one official ship around its region.

In a post on X, the MND said, "18 PLA ...