Guillaume Ptak

Guillaume Ptak is a French freelance journalist who has been covering Ukraine since 2019, and has lived in Kyiv since last September. He is a correspondent for French national newspaper Les Echos, who has also worked with Deutsche Welle, Le Monde Diplomatique and France Télévisions.

Ryan Routh, the alleged gunman who was stopped by the Secret Service during an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, met journalist Guillaume Ptak in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2022.

‘GOOD VS. EVIL’

WATCH: Alleged Trump Gunman Reveals Twisted View on Guns

When Ryan Routh came to Ukraine he told me every adult civilian in the world should be picking up weapons to fight for good vs. evil.

Guillaume Ptak

A Ukrainian soldier smoking a cigarette as the others try to fix the dune buggy.

LAST RESORT

Two Years On: Old Men Take Over the Defense of Ukraine

As the war reaches its second anniversary, the Ukrainian army has been forced to mobilize soldiers in their fifties and sixties to man the trenches along the frontline.

Guillaume Ptak

HORROR SHOW

Russia’s Prison Fighters Stagger on Like a Zombie Apocalypse

Ukrainians hunkered down in Bakhmut are watching drone footage in horror as Wagner’s band of murderers and prison rapists keep on marching into battle for the besieged city.

Guillaume Ptak

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OOOPSKI!

Ukraine’s Thousands of ‘Traitors’ Made One Hell of a F*ck-Up

Some collaborated with the invaders out of greed, others for ideological conviction. All now face retribution as the Russian army flees.

Guillaume Ptak

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Scene of Horror Uncovered as Russians Are Chased Out of Town

The Daily Beast was one of the first outlets inside Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian forces were driven out of the suburb. What we saw was shocking.

Guillaume Ptak