TAIPEI: Taiwan has sighted two Russian frigates sailing off its eastern coast and deployed surveillance ships and aircraft to monitor their movements, the island's Defense Ministry said.

The Russian warships were "detected sailing from south to north in the waters off our eastern coast" as of 11 p.m., the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

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