anti-tank missiles. now in the past the russians have said that they see these weapon shipments as legitimate targets but so far since the war started we haven t seen the russians attack the weapon convoys. that could change, though. the washington post reporting this morning that earlier in the week russia warned the u.s. that it is very upset about these continued weapons shipments into ukraine. still u.s. officials insist there are no signs they plan to let up. we re not taking it for granted and neither are the ukrainians, either. we get these things into their hands and they are moving it inside their country. and i think the less we say about that, the better. and while the u.s. says the russian forces have retreated from trying to capture kyiv russia poses a threat in terms of air strikes on the capital city even today we heard from russia s defense minister who said if ukraine were to start attacking targets in russian territory they would retaliate by attacking targets i
tonight, russia protesting the weapon shipments that the united states is sending to ukraine. and in this diplomatic memo, warning of a quote, unprecedented consequences if those weapons keep flowing into the country. let s go straight to kylie atwood, joins us out front tonight at the state department. so it is a stark warning to use these words unprecedented and unpredictable consequences then don t say what they are. how is the u.s. responding? reporter: yeah, puppy, it s a threatening diplomatic note. no way else to cut it but what the biden administration officials are saying is these words aren t going to have an impact on their policy, of continued support for ukraine, continued military support for ukraine, state department spokesperson said russia has said things in public, said things in private, but nothing is going to dissuade the briden administration of the strategy they re employing here of the continued military support for ukraine and the timeline here
howitzer, the javelin and sting be successful against big ticket items russia has. you talked about the tools to ukraine, it is those tooshlgs weapons, the u.s. is getting this tools, weapons, the u.s. is getting this notion about the unintend consequences in the work embassy from the kremlin? look, i think that the demarresh that the russian embassy sent was affected. we understand that what we are sending to the ukrainians is clearly helping them in their fight, which is why russia does not want them to continue receiving these weapon shipments from the u.s. and nato partners and allies. around i think that we are already putting in place what we need to be able to support ukrainians if a chemical weapons attack happens. it s why the house are collect
one thing, the u.s. is trying to determine if it was successful or not. they tonight have perfect visibility on everything. martha: quick question for you. i know you just asked john kirby. the reports that china it s been a big question. will china provide military support to russia for the war in ukraine. we ve seen nato ramping up in the nato countries with more military, more boots on the ground. there s this potential movement of more weaponry into serbia, which would put them in that region with the weapons pointing the other direction. what did kirby let on? china confirmed today that they sent weapon shipments in to serbia over the weekend. we ll get a better idea and pictures of what they sent tomorrow or wednesday. the serbian leaders are expected to show off what they have gotten from the chinese. we asked john kirby about whether or not this is concerning to the u.s. and they said he said they didn t want to see end up that could help
if they are called up and they haven t been so far, it would be to defend article 5, nato allies like romania, poland, the baltics. also important to point out, none of the u.s. weapons that arrived in kiev are going to do much against the russian air force. the new u.s. weapon shipments that landed at the airport in kiev included 300 javelin anti-tank missiles, part of about 200 million in new mostly defensive security assistance that president biden directed to ukraine. the u.s. embassy envoy spoke as the weapons arrived at the airport. our message is clear. the united states stands with ukraine, our allies and partners. let s make no mistake about it. if russia decides to come into ukraine, it was a disaster for russia. the pentagon began to notify troops and their families about