The CIA has confirmed that China is considering supplying lethal weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine.

He CIA Director William Burnsconfirmed that UNITED STATESs is “sure” that China plans to supply Russia with lethal equipment for its war against Ukraine.

“We are convinced that the Chinese leadership is planning to provide lethal material“, revealed Burns in an interview with the channel SCS collected by The hill.

However, the head of the US intelligence agency pointed out that No final decision has been made yet. and no evidence of lethal weapons deliveries for the moment.

“That’s why I think the secretary The blink and the president felt it important to also spell out what the consequences would be, because it would be a very risky and reckless gamble,” Burns added.

When asked if the objective of the Biden Administration After sharing information available to the CIA on Beijing’s plans being part of an act to discourage China from taking this action, Burns confirmed that this is the plan and that if Xi Jinping carries out this action “it would be a very risky and reckless bet”, according to statements to the aforementioned media.

He indicated that the next six months will be “critical” in the war in Ukraine and that the Russian President, Vladimir Poutinethinks that the “political fatigue” that the conflict brings for the West could give its army a new opportunity to win on the battlefield.

“Putin, I think, is betting right now that he can make his time work for him.“, Burns said in statements made at a Georgetown University event broadcast by the American channel CBSNews. “The key is going to be on the battlefield in the next six months or so it seems to us,” he said.

Burns spoke of “Putin’s arrogance” and noted that “not only will you not be able to advance further into Ukraine, but as the months pass, you run an increasing risk of losing the territory which it has so far illegally seized from Ukraine.

Therefore, “I think this next period will be absolutely crucial,” he repeated.

The former US ambassador to Russia said that Western intelligence showed that Moscow was not interested in peace talksdespite reports sometimes made public that seemed to say otherwise.

“We don’t consider Putin serious about negotiations“, he condemned.

Burns’ remarks come a day after the President of the United States, Joe Bidenwill specify that for the moment there is no evidence that Beijing supplied lethal weapons to Moscow.

The American president assured in statements to the press that during his last meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, warned him of the consequences delivery of lethal weapons to Russia.

“I had a long conversation with Xi about this over the summer. I said to him: Listen, this is not a threat, this is just a statement. When, in fact, the Europeans saw what was happening and Americans saw what was happening in Russia, in Europe, guess what? Six hundred companies pulled out and left,” Biden said.

“I said: ‘You assured me that China’s future depends on investment from the Western world. It is important‘”, underlined the American president.

(With information from Europa Press, EFE and CBS)

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