China has taken no steps to send military aid to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, and the United States has made it clear behind closed doors that such a move would have serious consequences, White House national security adviser Jake J. Sullivan said.

“Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how to act, whether to provide military assistance, but if it goes down this path, it will come at a real cost to China,” Jake Sullivan warned in an interview with CNN. Union show.

US officials have privately warned their Chinese counterparts of the costs that such a decision would entail, Jake Sullivan said, without going into details of the closed-door discussions.

The United States and its NATO allies have been issuing scathing warnings to China in recent days, increasing public claims that China is considering arms sales to Russia.

CIA chief William Burns made similar statements today.

“We are convinced that the Chinese leadership is considering sending deadly equipment. To the best of our knowledge, a final decision has not yet been made, and we have no evidence of ongoing arms transfers to Russia, ”William Burns said in an interview with CBS Face the Nation.

Republican Michael McCall, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, told This Week that US intelligence agencies have evidence that attack drones are among the weapons China is considering sending to Russia.

Source: RES