Military announces rare detection of Russian warships near Taiwan
ROC Central News Agency
06/28/2023 12:03 PM
Taipei, June 28 (CNA) Taiwan's military has made a rare sighting of Russian warships near Taiwan's waters and closely monitored their movements before they sailed away.
In a statement Tuesday night, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said it detected two Russian corvettes at about 11 p.m. sailing north in waters off eastern Taiwan before leaving the military's monitoring range from Suao Township in Yilan County heading southeast.
The military monitored the passage of the ships by deploying joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods and dispatching planes and ships to follow their movements, the MND said.
The MND did not provide further details, including how far away the two Russian warships were from Taiwan's coast, or identify the two vessels.
Taiwan's military regularly makes public the movements of Chinese warships operating near Taiwan and of foreign warships, mostly from the United States, traveling through the Taiwan Strait, but it has rarely detected Russian warships navigating in the region.
(By Joseph Yeh)
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