Russia's President Dmitry Peskov said that China has the right to respond with military exercises to provocations around Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the military exercises of the People's Liberation Army of China in the Taiwan region are a necessary measure.
The Chinese Armed Forces during military exercises around Taiwan worked out maneuvers to form positions of complete encirclement and containment of the island. According to the Taiwanese military, 45 aircraft entered the identification zone of the Island's air defense. The exercises are in accordance with international law.