President Joe Biden leaves office in January.The president also said that Ukraine needs to receive an invitation without conditions to cede territory, denying earlier reports that Kyiv might be invited to the alliance without the occupied parts of the country, such as Donetsk and Crimea.But despite the ambitious request, there seems to be little appetite for a fast-tracked invitation while the war is ongoing.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed that NATO cannot "become a party of war."Even if Kyiv sways the hesitant heavyweights – U.S. and Germany – Ukraine-skeptic governments in Hungary and Slovakia remain a vocal obstacle. In total, at least seven NATO countries are reluctant to grant Ukraine an invitation to join NATO, Politico reported on Oct. 23. At least seven NATO countries are reluctant to grant Ukraine an invitation to join NATO.