9 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Taiwan Ministry of Defense has detected this Sunday at least 71 combat aircraft and nine warships in its territory, which it has attributed to China as confirmed in a statement.
Through its Twitter account, the Ministry has confirmed that at 6:00 local time it detected the nine Chinese Navy ships and 71 combat aircraft, of which 45 have entered its air defense space in the southwest of the island.
The Defense Ministry has deployed fighter jets, Navy ships and activated ground-based missile launch systems in response to the invasion of its airspace, while continuing to monitor the situation closely.
China began its combined military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in response to the meeting this week between the island’s president, Tsai Ing Wen, and the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. Chinese military experts consider these maneuvers a blockade drill.
