“Russian forces have suffered more than 20,000 fatalities in recent months as they battle to take the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut,” the Financial Times reports.
“Overall there have been more than 100,000 Russian casualties, including the fatalities, since December, the White House said, a number that underscores the cost of the full-scale invasion to president Vladimir Putin.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.