“A Russian negotiator rejected a proposed cease-fire in Ukraine brokered by the U.S., as the Kremlin said its forces were in the final stages of ousting Ukraine’s army from Russia’s Kursk region,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Yuri Ushakov, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the 30-day cease-fire would allow Ukraine’s forces time to regroup.”
Axios: Trump’s envoy arrives in Moscow for Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks with 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.
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