The US on Friday announced an additional $150 million in security aid for Ukraine.
This comes before US President Joe Biden’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week.
The Pentagon said the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative "includes training, equipment and advisory efforts to help Ukraine’s forces preserve the country’s territorial integrity, secure its borders and improve interoperability with Nato".
The announcement noted that the package also includes funds to "enhance the lethality, command and control and situational awareness of Ukraine’s forces through the provision of counter-artillery radars, communications gear, electronic warfare and military medical evacuation equipment".
The US has provided more than $2.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014.
The Biden administration announced a separate, $125m Ukrainian security aid package in March.
But the most recent aid announcement could further exacerbate tension between the US and Russia before Mr Biden’s summit with Mr Putin in Geneva on Wednesday.
The Biden administration has sought to temper expectations that the summit will yield any significant breakthroughs.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told ABC network on Thursday that the administration is "not expecting to have a huge outcome from this".
On Monday, , Mr Biden spoke with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"President Biden affirmed the United States' unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of ongoing Russian aggression in Donbas and Crimea," Ms Psaki said.
She also noted that Mr Biden supports Mr Zelensky's "plan to tackle corruption and implement a reform agenda based on our shared democratic values and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations that delivers justice, security and prosperity to the people of Ukraine".
Separately, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has advanced legislation that would authorise the Biden administration to provide up to $300m in annual military aid to Ukraine.
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Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
Who has lived at The Bishops Avenue?
- George Sainsbury of the supermarket dynasty, sugar magnate William Park Lyle and actress Dame Gracie Fields were residents in the 1930s when the street was only known as ‘Millionaires’ Row’.
- Then came the international super rich, including the last king of Greece, Constantine II, the Sultan of Brunei and Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who was at one point ranked the third richest person in the world.
- Turkish tycoon Halis Torprak sold his mansion for £50m in 2008 after spending just two days there. The House of Saud sold 10 properties on the road in 2013 for almost £80m.
- Other residents have included Iraqi businessman Nemir Kirdar, singer Ariana Grande, holiday camp impresario Sir Billy Butlin, businessman Asil Nadir, Paul McCartney’s former wife Heather Mills.
Hunting park to luxury living
- Land was originally the Bishop of London's hunting park, hence the name
- The road was laid out in the mid 19th Century, meandering through woodland and farmland
- Its earliest houses at the turn of the 20th Century were substantial detached properties with extensive grounds
Quick facts on cancer
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- About one in five men and one in six women will develop cancer in their lifetime
- By 2040, global cancer cases are on track to reach 30 million
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- This rate is expected to increase to 75 per cent by 2030
- At least one third of common cancers are preventable
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strategies
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Name: Abeer Al Bah
Born: 1972
Husband: Emirati lawyer Salem Bin Sahoo, since 1992
Children: Soud, born 1993, lawyer; Obaid, born 1994, deceased; four other boys and one girl, three months old
Education: BA in Elementary Education, worked for five years in a Dubai school
