russia had asked china for military equipment, including the surface to air missiles. for more on this i m joined from washington by demetri sevastopulo, the us china correspondent for the financial times who s been reporting on the military assistance disussions between russia and china. thanks very much forjoining us. tell us a little bit more about what you are hearing. tell us a little bit more about what you are hearing- you are hearing. what we know is that the us you are hearing. what we know is that the us intelligence you are hearing. what we know is that the us intelligence believesl that the us intelligence believes that the us intelligence believes that russia made a request to china and asked for different kinds of military assistance, you mentioned the surface to air missiles, but also drones, intelligence related equipment and some kind of armoured vehicles. there is a lot of concern in washington that china and russia are really getting closer together. and that w