Kiev: Lithuania will provide Ukraine with military aid to help in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says.

It was not clear, however, if Lithuania was following fellow NATO member the United States in providing non-lethal military equipment, or supplying weaponry. NATO countries are reluctant to risk being drawn into conflict with Russia by arming a non-member.

Ongoing fighting: A man points to a house damaged by shelling in Krasnyi Pakhar village near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Credit:Reuters

"We have agreed on supplies of concrete elements of concrete armaments for the Ukrainian armed forces," Poroshenko said after talks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Monday.

"This is real help," he said.