[German Defense Minister: it is impossible for Ukraine to join NATO during the conflict]-- German Federal Defense Minister Pistorius reiterated on the 16th local time that it is impossible for Ukraine to join NATO during the conflict. "everyone involved knows that it is forbidden to let a country in a state of war join [NATO]," he said during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. " Because it would mean that NATO would immediately become a participant-"this is not what anyone really wants, and Ukrainian President Zelenski knows that."