US ‘confident’ China considering providing lethal equipment to Russia, CIA director says

CIA Director William Burns said in an interview set to air Sunday that the United States is "confident" that China is considering providing lethal equipment to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine. 

"How confident are you in the intelligence that this is something Xi Jinping himself may change his mind about?" CBS "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan asked Burns in a sit-down interview. 

"Well, we’re confident that the Chinese leadership is considering it, the provision of lethal equipment," Burns said. "We also don’t see that a final decision has been made yet. And we don’t see evidence of actual shipments of lethal equipment. And that’s why I think Secretary Blinken and the president have thought it important to make very clear what the consequences of that would be…"