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Supplying russia or may supply russia with lethal aid in its war against ukraine. on thursday the president did try to turn the temperature down a bit with china, acknowledging that the three unidentified objects shot down over lake huron, alaska, and canada were not tied to china but were likely simply research balloons. >> we seek competition, not conflict with china. we're not looking for a new cold war. i expect to be speaking with president xi, and i hope we have -- we will get to the bottom of this. i make no apologies for taking down that balloon. >> china's top foreign policy official ...

Well, the secretary of state met with wang lee late on saturday the first time since the u.s. shot down the spy balloon. i spoke with secretary blinken after the meeting, and i'll bring that to you in just a moment. the war in ukraine is dominating at the security council, more so than the balloon, if you will. the u.s. is worried that china may view a lack of resolve on ukraine as a potential sign of weakness as it eyes taiwan over reunification over the next several years. vice president announced that the u.s. determined that russia is committing war crimes in ukraine. >> gruesome acts of m...

And that might suggest a certain change of focus. but in very practical terms, this is what ukraine wants to get. yuriy sak is an advisor to ukraine's defence minister. he explains why ukraine is going through so much ammunition. this is almost a year into this war, and this is the largest war since the second war war. so the intensity of the use of artillery, also of ammunition, the rate at which these munitions are going through, of course it's staggering. but we always say that impossible is possible, it just takes a little bit longer. and kyiv says it needs long—range weapons before russ...

This year where he mentioned warplanes repeatedly. what he said in kyiv is different. and that might suggest a certain change of focus. but in very practical terms, this is what ukraine wants to get. yuriy sak is an advisor to ukraine's defence minister. he explains why ukraine is going through so much ammunition. this is almost a year into this war and this is the largest war since the second war war. so the intensity of the use of artillery, also of ammunition, the rate at which these musicians are going through, of— course it's staggering. but we always say that impossible is possible, it...

>> what else would you describe as lethal assistance that wasn't weapons? >> again, i'll let the information that we have and that we're sharing speak for itself, but the main concern is materiel support to russia's war effort that would have a lethal effect. >> the material support, i understand you want to let it speak for itself, but can you give me a little bit more? that is a huge charge. we're at another level of escalation here if our two biggest rivals are now in cahoots in a war essentially against the west. >> chuck, what i want to stress is this. we see china considering this. we've...