Taiwan’s armed forces have detected 23 aircraft and five ships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army approaching the island over the past day, Report informs referring to TASS.

According to the island’s defense ministry, 20 aircraft crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered the air defense identification zone in the northern, central, southwestern and eastern parts of the island.

Taiwan responded by engaging aircraft, ships, and land-based surface-to-air missile systems to track targets.