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Guillaume Ptak

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

Articles by Guillaume Ptak

Once the center of Ukraine’s hopes, the town of Orikhiv now lies in ruins

Once the starting point of Ukraine's 2023 summer counteroffensive, the small town of Orikhiv in southern Ukraine now finds itself in the middle of a two-way artillery firing range.

April 14, 2024

For medics on the front line in Ukraine, the biggest shortfall is people

Overworked Ukrainian medics near the front lines with Russia can hear the enemy shells as they deal with a heavy caseload of the wounded every day. But while short of supplies and equipment, those who staff 'Stabilization Point Azov' say the most glaring need is to find qualified, willing staff.

March 26, 2024

Grim chore: Ukrainian volunteers risk lives to retrieve soldiers’ remains — for both sides

Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine -- As the war in Ukraine drags on into its third year, volunteers of a NGO named "Platzdarm" have taken it upon themselves to carry out one of war's grimmest chores: recover and help identify the remains of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers left to die on the still-contested battlefield.

March 4, 2024

Ukraine’s ammunition shortages offer Russia first win in months

Starved for ammunition, the defenders of Ukraine's eastern town of Avdiivka were ordered last weekend to withdraw from the besieged city, handing Russia its first major victory since the capture of Bakhmut in May 2023.

February 22, 2024

Zelenskyy, in risky move, ousts popular military commander Zaluzhnyi

The collision from a slow-motion car wreck at the top of Ukraine's government finally came off Thursday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he was firing the popular commander of the country's armed forces.

February 8, 2024

Ukrainians fight war fatigue as Russia’s friends help replenish its armory

Shell-shocked but defiant residents here don't need satellite photos or top-secret intelligence reports to sense that Russia is getting fresh outside help in a stalemated war that is soon to pass the two-year mark.

January 17, 2024

In devastated Donbas, exhausted Ukrainian soldiers warily eye a new year of war

With casualties mounting and Western support in question, war-weary Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the country's eastern front lines are bracing for the coming year fighting a Russian occupier who shows no signs of quit.

January 1, 2024

Russian drones dominating the front lines as Ukraine’s early aerial advantage overwhelmed

While the Ukrainian army was an early proponent of drone warfare, and initially boasted both a qualitative and quantitative advantage in the nearly 22-month war, Russian forces have quickly adapted their tactics. The Kremlin's UAV production now far outpaces that of Ukraine.

December 13, 2023

War rations: Front-line Ukrainian units deal with ammo shortages in the fight with Russia

"It would be easier to tell you how many shells we fire in a month," sighs 24-year-old "Fritz," looking dejected. "At the moment, we fire about two or three a day on average."

December 7, 2023

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