As many as 20 aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been detected near Taiwan, the Taiwanese military said in a statement on the X social media platform, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"Overall 20 PLA aircraft (including J-16, Y-8, etc.) were detected from 7:22 a.m. today. Out of which, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the northern, central, southwest, eastern parts of Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone in conducting joint combat patrol along with People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels," the statement reads.

The Taiwanese military "monitored the situation and responded accordingly."