In addition to Germany and the United States of America (USA), Ukraine's entry into NATO is also opposed by Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, Slovenia and Spain.
As he writes Politico, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's victory plan is facing challenges, and some key alliance members are not interested in inviting Ukraine to join NATO.
Germany and the US are among the main powers resisting Zelensky's call to join NATO.
Major NATO powers are concerned that Ukraine's membership would drag the alliance into war with Russia.
In an interview for Politico, the US ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, who is about to end her term, reiterated America's position.
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"To date, the alliance has not reached a point where it is ready to offer membership or an invitation to Ukraine," Smith said.
However, Germany and the US are not the only ones blocking Ukraine's NATO membership. Hungary and Slovakia have a refusal approach, but not for the same reasons.
Their current populist leaders are pro-Russian.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked EU funding for arms supplies to Ukraine and withdrew from NATO's aid program for Kiev.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned earlier this month that Ukraine's accession to NATO would be a good basis for a third world war and promised that he would never agree to it.
There are other countries that are in no hurry to comply with Kiev's request and are content to remain in the background.
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"Countries like Belgium, Slovenia or Spain hide behind the USA and Germany", said a NATO official.
However, the officials stressed that neither the US nor Germany rule out Ukraine's possible NATO membership in the future.
