Ukrainian forces have registered “a definite advance” on the southern flank of the eastern city of Bakhmut, according to Ukraine’s deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar. In a Telegram post she said there was no change in positions on the northern flank.

4 people died and 11 were injured after Russia’s bombing of a residential area of the frontline town of Orikhiv in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region while distribution of humanitarian aid was taking place, the governor of the region said on Monday. Yuriy Malashko said those killed included three woman and a man, all in their 40s.

Ukraine’s president said he was hoping for “the best possible result” from the NATO summit, following talks with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda. Volodymyr Zelensky has said he does not expect Ukraine to actually join NATO until after the war but that he hopes the summit will give a “clear signal” on the intention to bring Ukraine into the alliance.

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, posted to social media to say “following intensive talks, NATO allies have reached consensus on removing MAP from Ukraine’s path to membership. I welcome this long-awaited decision that shortens our path to NATO”. The “membership action plan” (MAP) is a process by which the alliance enters negotiations with a prospective member about political, economic, defence and security issues.

A substantial announcement on Germany delivering military hardware to Ukraine is expected over the course of this week’s NATO summit, a senior government official said in Berlin on Monday.