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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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Police forensic technicians work near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where a drone with an explosive device was found and a detonator was removed from the object, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

Russia’s shadow war targets NATO supplies

An explosives-laden drone discovered beside a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at one of Germany's busiest freight airports has become the latest warning that Russia's shadow war against the West may be entering a more dangerous phase.

August 26, 2026
People take shelter in a metro station during a night Russian attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Ukraine braces for winter as Russia shifts energy war to heat and water

Ukraine has begun an unusually early race to prepare its battered energy system for another winter of Russian bombardment, building smaller power sources, protecting substations and preparing backup systems to keep heat and water flowing if Moscow renews the massive attacks that brought major cities close to the breaking point last winter.

August 20, 2026
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Mykhailo Drapatyi looks on during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 20, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine turns to battlefield commanders in sweeping military reset

Two protesters outside Kyiv's Ivan Franko Drama Theater held aloft a portrait of Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, depicted as a Soviet field marshal, complete with countless medals, red lapels and a severe expression. "Syrsky out" was one of the main slogans chanted by the hundreds of protesters who had gathered recently in central Kyiv.

July 24, 2026
Teledyne FLIR Defense announced at Eurosatory the market launch of Black Recon, an autonomously launched micro-drone that delivers continuous, untethered reconnaissance from military vehicles and fixed installations. Black Recon allows crews to launch, operate, recover, and recharge up to three UAS without leaving their platform, reducing operator risk. (via AP wire)

Europe’s biggest arms show opens in Paris under shadow of Russia’s war

Europe's largest land warfare exhibition opened Monday outside Paris under a cloud of urgency, as government officials, arms manufacturers and military delegations gathered to discuss a question that has leaped from the realm of theory to reality: How fast can the West prepare for the next major war?

June 15, 2026
A dozen men in protective suits, surgical masks and latex gloves move between disaster-relief tents set up alongside the rail cars in Odesa, Ukraine, as they try to identify Ukraine's war fatalities. (Marie Montels/Special to The Washington Times)

Forensic teams give names back to remains of Ukraine’s fallen

In a train yard near Odesa, Ukraine's dead return home, their remains stored in body bags stacked in refrigerated cars. Some bodies are whole. Some are badly decomposed. Some bags contain mangled fragments of several men mixed together by blast, time or expediency.

June 11, 2026