 Medvedev, conflict to remain permanent while Ukraine aspires to join NATO. Russia's conflict with Ukraine will be permanent, and if regime change occurs in Kiev, new authorities will not ask to join NATO. Deputy Russian Secretary-Counsel Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. On the Telegram channel, he reiterated remarks by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who ruled out Ukraine joining the alliance during the conflict but stressed that doors would remain open for Kiev. What does this mean from a practical point of view? We don't need Ukraine in NATO. In any case, until any remnant of this country remains in its present state, he wrote. Therefore, for Ukraine, the conflict will be permanent, and a new political regime in Kiev, if there is one, will definitely not ask for NATO membership, Medvedev asserted. But Boris Pistorius, the German Defence Minister, said that NATO allies may be ready to remove some hurdles on Ukraine's path to the military alliance. There are increasing signs that everyone will be able to agree on this, he added. NATO has ruled out Ukraine joining while it is actively at war. As previously reported, US President Joe Biden supports NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's proposal that Ukraine does not need to implement the membership action plan to join the alliance. As known at the NATO summit in Vilnius in July, Ukraine is also seeking to achieve clear wording regarding the prospect of membership in the North Atlantic Alliance while criticising the decision of the Bucharest Summit, which is as far removed from reality as possible. In addition, Ukraine expects the summit participants to provide security guarantees for the period before membership in the alliance and not as an alternative to joining it.