Looks like the news is related to boot partition work starting to be followed by support for formatting.

That sounds like ntfs worked already if you had an existing non-boot partition.

I gather ReactOS builds upon the work for WINE and other open-source Windows-compatibility libraries - nothing wrong with that, but it isn't as impressive as it sounds - not that ReactOS as-a-whole isn't impressive as it is.

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Dirty rumour + speculation time: I understand that, to an extent, ReactOS is supported by the Russian government to ensure they have options for running their IT systems in the event of US or NATO-led sanctions which would prohibit service and support from Microsoft corporation. Ordinarily I wouldn't be concerned (geopolitics, yey) but given Putin's current direction... I hope ReactOS is getting suitably security audited...

ReactOS foundation is located in Germany - https://ev.reactos.org/index_en.htm

The project did not receive any serious support from the state institutions of Russia

If that's Russia's backup plan then it's severely underfunded. I'm sure Russia could hire a couple of capable software engineers/reverse engineering experts to contribute to the project (just as the US Naval Research Laboratory employed people working on TOR). But if Russia is doing that, then clearly not enough to bring ReactOS to a production-ready level within the next decade.

Russia's plan is to use Linux whenever possible. I never heard about ReactOS used anywhere.

Security audit won't hurt, for sure.

Please point me in the direction of the Wine NTFS driver?

Given current US direction, I hope ReactOS is getting suitably security audited...

To be clear, I don't know what Biden is up to but any country big enough sure have secret services making sure their country stays in the game. That's just part of history.

Now, as an individual, I'd be very happy to have a clean OS. But, considering the difficulty/practical impossibility to make my own audit, well, in the end, I have to trust someone...