NBC News ^ | Nov 25, 2025 | Dan De Luce, Courtney Kube and Abigail Williams Posted on by McGruff In a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv last week, U. S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll delivered a grim assessment. Driscoll told his counterparts their troops faced a dire situation on the battlefield and would suffer an imminent defeat against Russian forces, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. The Russians were ramping up the scale and pace of their aerial attacks, and they had the ability to fight on indefinitely, Driscoll told them, according to the sources. The situation for Ukraine would only get worse over time, he continued, and it was better to negotiate a peace settlement now rather than end up in an even weaker position in the future. And there was more bad news. The U. S. delegation also said America’s defense industry could not keep supplying Ukraine with the weapons and air defenses at the rate needed to protect the country’s infrastructure and population, the sources said. (Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews. com . TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Ukraine; War KEYWORDS: 1 posted on by McGruff Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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U.S. Army secretary warned Ukraine of imminent defeat while pushing initial peace plan
