'We are watching closely,' Jake Sullivan told ThisWeekABC co-anchor Martha Raddatz when discussing China potentially providing Russia with lethal aid for their war in Ukraine, 'We know they haven't taken it off the table.
China hasn't yet provided weapons to Russia in Ukraine, but doing so would be 'real mistake': SullivanFebruary 26, 2023, 11:45 AMIn this Dec. 12, 2022, file photo, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C.for their war in Ukraine, the White House's national security adviser said Sunday that "at this point" they have "not seen them take the step of providing weapons" to Moscow.
Biden has ruled out giving Ukraine F-16 fighter jets "for now," despite repeated requests from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sullivan said on "This Week." He called it a "question for later." Pressed further by Raddatz on the possibility the U.S. could eventually approve fighter jets -- a move endorsed not just by Zelenskyy but some leading lawmakers like House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul -- Sullivan told her, "We will cross the bridge of future phases of this war when they come."
In January, Biden approved 31 Abrams tanks to be sent to Ukraine, but last week the Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said those vehicles may not even get to the country this year.