How to advance Ukraine's membership to NATO even as its forces fight Russia's invasion will be one of the key decisions expected to be made by alliance leaders at a major summit next month.
"We have seen Ukraine evolve and evolve incredibly quickly," he told journalists at a press conference on the sidelines of a conference in London on Ukrainian reconstruction.
"I think the UK's position would be very, very supportive if we moved on from the membership action plan, recognising that the offer to both Finland and Sweden didn't require that and the Ukrainians have demonstrated their commitments to reform - the military reform required for NATO membership - through their actions on the battlefield.
"I can see a possibility that the MAP is not any longer a stage of that route, that roadmap to accession," she said, speaking in English to reports at the Ukraine conference.
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