Preston Stewart

War & Conflict with Preston Stewart

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Glad you're here! I'm Preston, and I break down war, conflict, and geopolitics to make it easier for people to understand. I'm a former U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate with a degree in International Relations, and I've served as an officer in the 101st Airborne Division, the Texas National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve in Tennessee. Hope this podcast helps make sense of things going on in the world!

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Jul 10, 2026

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Ukraine Just Unleashed Their NEW Flamingo Missile 10.06.2026

Get your Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/en-eur/collections/car4ukraineSo overnight a flamingo visited Russia. Not the pink bird kind but the missile kind. It’s the FP-5, Ukraine’s new domestically manufactured cruise missile. The fact that it made it to a target 1,000km away led some in Russia to ask, if we can’t stop this thing, what chance do we stand against NATO?Sources:https...

Russia's Supply Lines Are Quietly Failing 09.06.2026

Truck Fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-summer-offensiveMerch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/I don’t think people fully understand how big of a problem Russia is facing right now. It's been a while since I’ve seen this many Russian commentators and analysts worried about the same issue: logistics. They’re...

Iran's Wartime Strategy: Survive and Entrench 09.06.2026

A deal has been right around the corner for about two months while the entire region remains on edge. This weekend, we even saw a resumption of military strikes between Israel and Iran, making it seem like a return to war might happen before an actual peace deal. To better understand this situation, we’re joined today by Jonathan Hackett. Jonathan is a retired U.S. Marine interrogator, counterinte...

Even For Russia, This Isn't Sustainable 08.06.2026

Truck fundraiser: ⁠https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-summer-offensive⁠ Merch Store - 100% of profits from Car4Ukraine designs go to support their org: ⁠https://prestonstew.shop/⁠ Join the community on Substack: ⁠https://prestonstew.substack.com/⁠ So Ukraine has now visually confirmed more than 100,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded by the Unmanned Systems Forces over the past y...

New Strikes Show Iranian Confidence 08.06.2026

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/The Iran war turned hot again overnight as Tehran launched more than 20 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to IDF strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. While President Trump urged restraint, Israel went ahead with their retaliation, hitting targets across Iran prompting a warning from the I...

Russia Scrambles to Stop Ukrainian Drone Surge 07.06.2026

Learn more about our vehicle fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-summer-offensiveRussia is starting to adapt and respond to their logistics being cut off in the south. It’s effectively a race right now between Ukrainian drone production and Russian air defense innovation. In the past 24 hours we’ve seen some new offensive and defensive measures taken all across the f...

Russian Supply Lines Are In Danger 06.06.2026

Learn more about our truck fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026So Russia is really in a tough spot right now. I’m trying to stay grounded and not exaggerate what’s happening here but we’re in the midst of some serious change and it’s the Russians themselves that are sounding the alarm. On top of that we just got news that Ukraine is leveraging US...

Ukraine Just Flipped The War Narrative 05.06.2026

Learn about our truck fundraiser for troops at the front: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Ukraine just offered Russia a path to end the war, saying effectively ‘we can do this the easy way, or the hard way’. While I wouldn’t expect Putin to agree to this, it shows something that’s being picked up in Russian media: for the first time in the war, Ukraine would b...

Iran Plans to Win By Outlasting the United States 04.06.2026

So Iran’s strategy in this war is to outlast the United States, and honestly, I think it’s working. President Trump keeps threatening Iran that if they don’t agree to terms, we’ll restart the bombing. That’s presented as US leverage over the IRGC to come to the table. But what if Iranian leadership sees it the other way around believing that Trump wants, even needs, an end to the war more than the...

Deep Strikes Expose Holes in Russian Defenses 03.06.2026

Learn more about our truck fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Ukraine just carried out significant strikes in the St. Petersburg area on the opening day of the International Economic Forum. An oil refinery was hit, giving quite the show to the guests traveling in from around the world and then a corvette was struck in the same area. These targets...

Russian Soldiers Turn on Each Other - "We Had To Do It" 01.06.2026

Truck fundraiser for the 104th: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Forced into an assault unit, this Russian soldier explains the process of going on the attack and surviving his own comrades near the front. Source article: https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/05/08/prishlos-nam-poluchaetsia-ubit-seniuMerch store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on S...

Ukraine Just Isolated a Key Section of the Front 29.05.2026

UGV Fundraiser (501c3): https://donorbox.org/fourwheeledfriends/fundraiser/preston-stewartSo there’s more Russian panic right now than we’ve seen in a long time, with some calling on thousands of reinforcements to be sent forward before they lose key terrain. As we’ve talked about countless times in recent weeks this is all part of Ukraine’s plan and it seems to be working. Isolate a portion of th...

Iran Just Tried Mining The Strait of Hormuz 26.05.2026

https://cyberghostvpn.com/PrestonStewartYT to protect your privacy and unlock content with CyberGhost VPN! 🌐 Grab 84% off + 4 months FREE with a 45 day money back guarantee. Hostilities flared up in Iran overnight as the US struck IRGC boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and engaged a surface to air missile targeting US aircraft. Iran for their part, says they shot down an MQ-9 Reaper dron...

Ukraine's 2026 Strategy is Working 25.05.2026

UGV fundraiser (org is a 501c3): https://donorbox.org/fourwheeledfriends/fundraiser/preston-stewartRussia just issued a warning that they're going to hit Kyiv hard. This comes as they struggle to advance or come anywhere near their war aims on the battlefield. This is due in large part to a strategy rolled out by Ukraine in 2026 to destroy Russian air defense, hamper their logistics, and eliminate...

Russia Just Launched a Massive Attack In Ukraine 24.05.2026

Ground Drone Fundraiser: https://donorbox.org/fourwheeledfriends/fundraiser/preston-stewartOvernight Russia launched a major drone and missile attack against Ukraine. As many as 600 drones and 90 missiles were fired in what Russia says was a response to a Ukrainian strike on a school in Luhansk. Today we're looking into what we know so far about this attack and Russia's claims about what caused it...

Russian Morale Is Falling Fast 22.05.2026

Go to https://ground.news/preston and subscribe to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and transform how you read the news. Something is happening in Russia as more and more pro-Russian accounts are getting incredibly frustrated with the direction the war is going. It's not unusual to get a little pushback from some key voices, but it is unusual to see so many venting different concerns...

Russian Air Defense Is Falling Apart 21.05.2026

Truck fundraiser for the 104th: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Ukraine's middle strike campaign for 2026 is playing out and it's looking more and more like Russia will not be able to defend themselves. We're watching as Ukraine destroys air defense systems, opens gaps in coverage, and then hammers high value targets across the occupied territories. This is un...

Russian Special Forces Were Just Hit Hard in Donetsk 20.05.2026

Car4Ukraine fundraiser for the 104th: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Dzyga's Paw: https://x.com/dzygaspaw/status/2057128360741142937?s=20Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Today we're looking into a serious strike carried out by Ukraine deep inside of Russian held territory. This shows that e...

Bakhmut Fell But Ukraine Did Not 20.05.2026

Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Pick up a Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Today we're looking into how things have transpired three years after Bakhmut fell to Russian forces. By most metrics you could say that Russia peaked in May 2023 when the city fell. Since...

Growing Calls to Go All In Against Iran 19.05.2026

Today we're looking at where things stand with the war in Iran as President Trump weighs his next move. We've now spent more time in a ceasefire than in active combat operations and there's no indication a positive solution is coming soon. As this drags out we're seeing more suggestions to 'finish the job' and commit additional military resources to wrap up the campaign. Sources:https://www.nytime...

Even Russians Aren't Buying These Battlefield Claims 18.05.2026

Khartia fundraiser: https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=RJR9RTMJSAULNPick up a Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Russia just got caught lying again about progress on the battlefield. This was a problem for them last fall when they made up gains around Kupyansk but somehow that lesson wasn't learned. Over the week...

Cuban Drone Crisis: 300+ Munitions Stashed off US Coast 18.05.2026

Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Today we're looking into a new assessment by Axios citing classified US intelligence that Cuba has stockpiled hundreds of drones and is putting together plans to use them against the United States. This is one of those where the facts of the story pass the common sense test but the presentation of it i...

Ukraine Just Hit Moscow Harder Than Ever 17.05.2026

Pick up your Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Car4Ukraine fundraiser for the 104th Territorial Defense: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Ukraine just launched the largest drone attack of the war against Moscow, bringing the war home to the residents of the Russian capital city. And this is just the beginning. This wasn’t a lucky strike, it was t...

Russian Air Defense Is Fading Away 15.05.2026

Check out the Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/104th Truck Fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Today we're looking at the continuation of Ukrainian deep strikes against sensitive targets in Russia. This is looking like we're finally seeing the destruction of Russian air defense playing out with their inability to protect everything all...

The US Terror Threat Is Rising and We’re Not Prepared 15.05.2026

Today we’re joined by Dr. Colin Clarke to dig into the new White House Counterterrorism Strategy and what it means for the ongoing fight against terrorism. Colin is the Executive Director of The Soufan Center where his research focuses on domestic and transnational terrorism, international security, and geopolitics. Follow Colin and his work at the links below:https://x.com/ColinPClarkehttps://the...

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