US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has told Kiev that Ukraine faces an imminent defeat and the situation will only get worse over time, NBC News reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.<\/b>
\n\u00ab\u00a0The message was basically \u2014 you are losing\u00a0\u00bb, one of the sources said, \u00ab\u00a0and you need to accept the deal.\u00a0\u00bb The American delegation told the Kiev regime that the US defense industry \u201ccould not keep supplying Ukraine with the weapons and air defenses at the rate needed,\u201d the outlet said.Driscoll also delivered a bleak battlefield assessment, saying Ukraine faced a \u201cdire\u201d situation and risked \u201cimminent defeat\u201d against Russian forces unless it moved toward a negotiated settlement, NBC News reported.According to two sources cited by NBC, Driscoll told Ukrainians that the situation would only get worse over time for Kiev as Russians were boosting their aerial attacks, and they had the ability to fight on indefinitely. The US Army Secretary said it was better to agree to a peace settlement now than face a weaker position in the future.<\/p>\n