No decision on supplying German-made tanks to Kyiv; ‘very difficult’ to remove Putin’s forces this year, US says – as it happened

Germany yet to make a decision on supply of Leopard tanks; Gen Mark Milley says not to expect Russian forces to be ejected this year. This live blog is now closed

• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance

Here are some of the latest images from the war in Ukraine to be sent to us over the news wires.

A quick snap from Reuters here that Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has held a phone call with his counterpart from Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The immediate read-out is that they discussed energy cooperation.