Live Updates | NATO leaders move to simplify path for Ukraine to join alliance

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The NATO chief says alliance leaders on Tuesday agreed to allow Ukraine to join “when allies agree and conditions are met” — after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted the organization’s failure to set a timetable for Ukrainian membership. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters at the alliance’s summit in Lithuania that the requirement for a “membership action plan” — a key step required of NATO candidates — will be removed for Ukraine. He was speaking at the alliance’s two-day summit in Lithuania. Many members have funneled arms and ammunition to Ukraine’s forces. The move removes obstacles so that Ukraine can join more quickly once the war with Russia is over.