US: China will face ‘real costs’ if it provides lethal aid to Russia

US national security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said there would be “real costs” for China if it provides military aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine, CNN reported.
“From our perspective, actually, this war presents real complications for Beijing. And Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance. But, if it goes down that road, it will come at real costs to China. And I think China’s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions,” Sullivan told CNN. Sullivan said that the US is “not just making direct threats. We’re just laying out both the stakes and the consequences, how things would unfold. And we are doing that clearly and specifically behind closed doors.”