SPAR19 carrying Nancy Pelosi enters Taiwan's air defences
US Air Force special flight allegedly carrying Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi entered Taiwan's air defence zone.
The arrival of the aircraft at the airport in Taipei is expected at about 17:43 Moscow time, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to data from the FlightRadar website.
Earlier it was reported that the Taiwan authorities began to prepare bomb shelters in the country's largest cities amid rising tensions with China. The preparations include marking shelters where people can hide in the event of a missile strike.
Also, on the coast of Fujian Province, near the Taiwan Strait, PLA naval infantry fighting vehicles, in particular, ZTD-05 amphibious tanks, were seen. A trainload of DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile launchers was spotted in Fujian province.
The day before, the People's Liberation Army of China conducted a live-fire exercise near Pingtan Island, 120 km from Taiwan, during which a hypersonic missile of the DF-17 complex was tested.