War & Conflict with Preston Stewart

Today we're looking into a major Russian drone and missile attack into Ukraine over the last two days where more than 1,600 munitions were fired into the country. This is more than Iran fired in the opening two days of their war earlier this year and is the highest volume fired by Russia in a two day period since the war began. We also have the initial report of Russian forces beheading Ukrainian...

Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Pretty significant developments in the Iran war over the past 24 hours as Kuwait captured IRGC sailors trying to infiltrate their territory and the UAE and Saudi Arabia are reported to have carried out strikes inside of Iran. Overall this shows a widening or expansion of the conflict. It's still early...

Pick up 'The Theater' here: https://jamesverini.com/book/the-theater/Atlantic article covering the release: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/mariupol-theater-survival-ukraine/687112/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3yvwArFWsP5zibKOdYRScUM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareIn 2022 the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under siege by the Russian Army. The theatre there...

Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026For the first time since 2022, Ukraine has regained the initiative on the battlefield. Their middle strike campaign is creating gaps in Russian air defense that they're unable to plug. This opens up more logistics hubs to drone strikes and is making it harder, by the day, to support movement at the front. It's only g...

The war in Iran is changing by the hour. For weeks now we’ve gone back and forth. We’re either on the verge of a major diplomatic breakthrough or about to restart hostilities. Sometimes both at the same time. To better understand the current situation, we’re joined today by Aaron MacLean. Aaron is the host of the School of War podcast, a personal favorite of mine and a must-listen if you’re trying...

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Car4Ukraine campaign: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Ukraine is now eliminating Russian soldiers for $882 each. This speaks to how effective the drone war has become and the challenges that Russia faces at the front. For the fifth month in a row, Russia has been u...

Get a Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Zelensky just trolled Russia by saying he will permit Putin to hold a parade in Moscow for Victory Day. This comes as President Trump announced a three day ceasefire beginning today after lots of debate around if Ukraine would strike the parade. Pretty crazy that we're four years into this conflict and Russia was, understandably, worried about...

Insights: https://insights.windward.ai/The war in Iran is reshaping the world as we know it. The IRGC showed how easily a key transit hub like the Strait of Hormuz is to effectively shut down and the immediate pressure that can apply. To help us understand what’s going on we’re joined today by Ami Daniel. Ami is the CEO of Windward, a leading AI company that provides maritime intelligence to a ran...

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/We're hearing the ceasefire is still in effect but Iran is shooting at us, we're shooting back and Iran is launching drones and missiles into the UAE. There's no clear progress on peace talks and it looks like there's a real chance we're headed back to hostilities before long. Atlantic article re...

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Today we're looking into a few new reports about the Iran war. The Washington Post points to a new CIA assessment saying that Iran can withstand the US blockade for months still and that their missile arsenal remains strong even after significant US and Israeli bombardment. We also have Project F...

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/The Iran war is becoming more chaotic. Peace deals are always a few days away and US strategy seems to change by the hour. Last 24 hours are a perfect example as we stood up then paused Project Freedom after having Secretary Hegseth and Rubio publicly explain why this was such an important initia...

Crazy story about the two US destroyers that forced the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. Braving Iranian mines, fast boats, drones and missiles, the crews of the USS Mason and USS Truxton made it into the Persian Gulf to extract two US flagged commercial vessels. As daring as this operation was, it's unlikely we're going to see this as a regular move to get ships in and out of the area. For that we're...

Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-spring-offensiveToday we're looking at a series of medium and deep strikes inside of Russia and Russian occupied territory of Ukraine. We've seen Ukraine re-take the initiative in recent months with Russia increasingly on their back foot trying to find a way to protect themselves from the increasing volume and effectiveness of Ukr...

Today we're looking into the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East. This is developing as missiles and drones are still airborne but as of this morning we've seen the US force the blockade to pull two US commercial vessels out, the IRGC opening fire on a number of civilian ships and missiles fired into the UAE. Right now we expect a US military response in the coming hours. Map used: https:...

Truck fundraiser to support the Seraphims: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-spring-offensiveToday we’re joined by Pavlo Kazarin, the senior sergeant for the Seraphims to better understand the nature of their fight. This interview is part of a years long campaign we’re running with Car4Ukraine to help outfit the entire Seraphim battalion with a fleet of vehicles. We’ve made some in...

Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-spring-offensive Store: https://prestonstew.shop/ Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/ Today we're looking into some recent assessments and questions about Russian mobilization. With the known manpower advantage they have over Ukraine this has long been a question of when or if it will happen and how t...

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To help better understand the ongoing situation in Mali, we're joined today by Dr. Lesley Anne Warner. Dr. Warner is a visiting scholar with the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and previously served in a ton of roles to include as the deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance at the U.S. Agency for International Develo...

Merch Store: https://prestonstew.shop/ Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/ Today we're looking into a new US plan to open the Strait of Hormuz, teamwork. Great idea but not sure how well this will land after we've talked down to our allies for the past year. Either way, something needs to be done as the situation in the Middle East is likely forever changed now that I...

Watch Full episodes on VET Tv. Free month using promo code: prestonhttp://services.veterantv.com/checkout?plan=vettvmonthly799,vettvannual7999&promo=prestonToday we’re chatting with two defense industry leaders that are helping forge the path to what the Pentagon hopes will be American drone dominance. Phil Divinski is the CEO of Jeddoc and a US Army Special Operations veteran of 16 years with 8 c...

Today we're looking into a series of deep strikes carried out by Ukraine that might suggest the years long campaign to attrit Russian air defense is paying off. Every launcher, radar or command station damages opens a gap in the Russian defense network. It looks like these past few weeks Ukraine has identified some of those gaps and is surging drones to destroy whatever target sits there. We also...

Today we're joined by Caleb Weiss, the defections program manager - Uganda at the Bridgeway Foundation and an editor at the Long War Journal. We get into the current situation in Mali, break out the differences between the parties involved, and what to watch for going forward. Be sure to follow Caleb on X: https://x.com/caleb_weiss7 Store: https://prestonstew.shop/ Join the community on Substack:...

The US-Iran ceasefire holds but pressure is mounting as the US blockade continues. To help break down where things stand today we’re joined by Rear Admiral Retired Mark Montgomery. Admiral Montgomery served more than three decades in the US Navy, was policy director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under Sen. John S. McCain and is now a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democra...

Go to https://ground.news/preston to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan, bringing it down to just $5/month. Today we're looking at the coordinated attacks in Mali over the weekend and the response from the Russian African Corps. Right now it appears the fighting is ongoing with the rebel groups (one of them AQ affiliated) offering safe passage to Russia if they leave the country. Right...

Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-spring-offensive Today we're looking into three pillars of strike campaigns laid out by the commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces. Robert Magyar stated they are depleting enemy manpower, destruction of the military-industrial and energy complex and removal of the black sea fleet. For each of these we have recent examp...