<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Chinese forces fired "multiple" ballistic missiles into waters around Taiwan during Thursday's military drills, Taipei's defence ministry said, condemning what it described as "irrational actions that undermine regional peace."</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"The Ministry of National Defence stated that the Chinese Communist Party fired multiple Dongfeng series ballistic missiles into the surrounding waters of northeastern and southwestern Taiwan from approximately 13:56 this afternoon," the defence ministry said in a brief statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan's military did not confirm the precise location of where the missiles landed or whether they flew over the island.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>China's People's Liberation Army also confirmed missiles had been fired.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman of the Eastern Theater Command, said Chinese forces had launched "a multi-regional and multi-model conventional missile firepower assault on predetermined waters off the eastern part of Taiwan Island."</div><div><br></div><div>"All the missiles hit the target accurately, testing the strike precision and area denial capabilities," Colonel Shi added. -AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>