taiwan: Taiwan reports nine Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s air pressure scrambled once more on Thursday to warn away 9 Chinese language plane that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan’s defence ministry mentioned, on the identical day that Russia invaded Ukraine.
The ministry mentioned eight Chinese language J-16 fighters and one Y-8 reconnaissance plane have been concerned, which flew in an space to the northeast of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands on the high finish of South China Sea.
Taiwan has complained of standard such missions by the Chinese language air pressure for the final two years or so, although the plane don’t get near Taiwan itself.