Taiwan spots two Russian warships off its East Coast, sends aircraft and ships to keep watch

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Two Russian warships were spotted off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Tuesday, and the island’s defence ministry said that it dispatched its own aircraft and ships to keep watch. “Two frigates sailed in a northerly direction off Taiwan’s east coast and then departed from our response zone” in a southeasterly direction off the port city of Suao, which is home to a major Taiwanese naval base,” said the ministry in a statement late on Tuesday. Taiwan’s military sent aircraft and ships to keep watch and activated shore-based missile systems, the statement added, without providing further details. Russia’s Interfax news...