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Guillaume Ptak

Guillaume Ptak

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Guillaume Ptak's foreign correspondence from Ukraine is often highlighted in the Threat Status daily newsletter produced by The Washington Times.

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Ukraine's military intelligence chief, then-Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, visits the Muslim Center for an Iftar dinner during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Zelenskyy’s appointment of spy chief reshapes Ukraine’s power structure

For most of the war, 40-year-old Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov has operated in a realm deliberately removed from Ukraine's public political life. As head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, the GUR, he oversaw a service whose successes are at times hard to quantify, with their full extent often discovered long after the fact -- if ever.

January 8, 2026
In this photo provided by North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

What North Korea has learned fighting for Putin in Ukraine

In August, North Korean state media released photos of Kim Jong-un bowing before the portraits of soldiers killed in Ukraine, hugging grieving families and pinning medals on returning troops. In a rare display of public mourning, the North Korean leader described the fallen as "great heroes" and "martyrs," his "heart aching" at their loss.

December 1, 2025
Investigators work the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Kremlin’s shadow war: Assassinations and sabotage beyond the front lines

The daylight, sidewalk assassination of a former speaker of Ukraine's parliament on Aug. 30 sent shockwaves through a nation already hardened by three years of war. The shooting on a shady street in the quiet western city of Lviv reminded the country that even far from the front, no one is truly safe.

October 1, 2025
A woman holds a phone with a sign reads "Veto" during the protest against the law aimed towards regulations of anti-corruption institutions in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption law

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been taking potshots from Russia's Vladimir Putin for years, but this week the Ukrainian president came under friendly fire, as thousands of protesters took to the streets of Kyiv and other cities to oppose a sweeping new anti-corruption law.

July 23, 2025