"We are watching closely," Jake Sullivan told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. Chinese officials have defended their relationship with Russia as "built on the basis of non-alliance, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third countries." But President Joe Biden told ABC's David Muir in an interview last week that the U.S. stood ready to respond if Beijing moved forward with sending weapons. "Every phase of this war, the president has tried to make sure that the Ukrainian military gets what they need. China hasn't yet provided weapons to Russia in Ukraine, but doing so would be 'real mistake': Sullivan originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News February 26, 2023 14:58 UTC