NATO may remove some hurdles on Ukraine's path to membership - Germany

NATO allies may be ready to remove some hurdles on Ukraine's path to the military alliance, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday.

"There are increasing signs that everyone will be able to agree on this," he told reporters in Brussels when asked about reports that the U.S. is open to permitting Kyiv to forgo a formal candidacy process required of some other nations in the past.

"I would be open for this."