Ukraine is re-occupying some towns and defensive positions up to 35km east of Kyiv, the UK Ministry of Defence says.
US President Joe Biden is due to visit a Polish town near the border with Ukraine as he wraps up his trip in Europe.
On Thursday Biden told world leaders in Brussels the US would "respond" if Russia uses chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Zelensky said Europe was "a little too late" to stop Russia's invasion, by not sanctioning Moscow and blocking the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline earlier.
In a late-night video address to the EU Council in Brussels, he also pleaded for his country's entry into the EU
At the emergency summit, Nato's Jens Stoltenberg said four new battlegroups would be sent to Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.
Russia and Ukraine held their first formal prisoner swap since the war began, officials say.
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