At least 10 civilians killed in new Russian shelling, Kyiv says; fierce fighting in eastern Donetsk battle –as it happened

Towns and villages in east and south hit by new barrage; Ukraine claims to have killed 109 Russians in eastern Donetsk battle. This live blog is closed

• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance

Stefano Sannino, secretary general of the European Union's European external action service, has defended German and US provisions of military equipment to Ukraine, and criticised Russia's President Vladimir Putin for waging a war on Nato and the west.

Associated Press report that Sannino, speaking at a news conference in Tokyo as part of an Asia-Pacific tour, said Putin had moved from a concept of special operation to a concept now of a war against Nato and the west."