Taipei, March 24 -- Taiwan detected 9 sorties of Chinese aircraft 8 vessels, and 2 official ships operating around its territory on Monday, a statement by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said.

As per the statement issued by MND, it was also observed that seven out of nine sorties crossed the median line and entered into Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ.

The Ministry of Defence said that it has monitored the situation and is responding accordingly.

"9 sortie of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 7 out of 9 sortie crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded accordingly", it wrote on X...