War & Conflict with Preston Stewart

Check out our fundraiser to support these soldiers in the south: https://givebutter.com/Southern_FrontSo there’s a major issue in southern Ukraine. The soldiers don’t have enough fuel. Now they’re not completely out but right on that line. Some units have so little that troops are having to stay in position for months on end. That’s a problem. This affects everything from combat operations to training, logistics to medical evacuation. So to help break down what’s happening with this, we’re joined today by Rachel Jamison of Protect a Volunteer. Learn more about PAV here:https://protectavolunteer.com/https://x.com/RachelPAVStore: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pretty significant strikes carried out yesterday between the US and Iran showing that we are, once again, in a spiral of escalation with some analysts warning that we’re on a path to return to full scale war. Looks like Iran fired missiles at US warships. The US responded by striking five Iranian oil tankers and then Iran fired 20 ballistic missiles at a US base in Jordan. Sources:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/world/middleeast/iran-war-us-aggression-hormuz.html?smid=nytcore-ios-sharehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-on-60-minutes-air-force-officer-shot-down-iran-rescued/https://x.com/citrinowicz/status/2097447835364925797?s=20Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This update is as of 0900 CDT, 08SEPT2026. Looks like the Yemen Civil War is back to full scale fighting as the Houthis kicked off an offensive in the south and launched missiles into Saudi Arabia leading the Yemeni government to counterattack saying they plan to wipe out the Houthis once and for all.Sources:https://yemen.liveuamap.com/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/8/yemeni-forces-launch-counteroffensive-against-houthis-vow-to-retake-sanaahttps://www.crisisgroup.org/anb/middle-east-north-africa/yemen/houthis-escalate-yemens-western-fronthttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/08/g-s1-142296/houthi-attacks-saudi-arabiahttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-yemen-houthis-energy-attack.htmlhttps://x.com/BashaReport/status/2096894850159288608?s=20Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overnight Ukraine struck two more oil refineries in Russia which might seem pretty normal at this point but according to a new assessment in the Wall Street Journal, the costs are really starting to add up. We also just had Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow and Kyiv in a new push for peace. From what we can tell, the talks seem to have gone well, and it’s notable these two visited Ukraine at all. However, there’s no indication there’s going to be any major changes anytime soon.Sources:https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/how-ukrainian-drone-strikes-are-pounding-russias-economy-a03652a7?mod=hp_lead_pos3https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-envoys-visit-ukraine-in-new-push-for-peace-talks-ee01b34e?mod=WTRN_pos1https://kyivindependent.com/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-arrive-in-ukraine/Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In response to Iran firing missiles at two US warships in the Middle East, the US military just destroyed three Iranian oil tankers. This is actually a pretty big escalation in a few ways. First off, the launching missiles at our aircraft carrier is significant and not something we’ve seen in a while but then the US response was serious, actually sinking commercial vessels in this key waterway. That said, we’re still at a bit of an impasse where neither Iran nor the US seem willing to give an inch as the pressure mounts in different ways. Sources:https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/time-is-no-longer-on-irans-side-in-the-battle-of-the-blockades-e47b657d?mod=hp_lead_pos1https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/video/iran-us-attack-wedding.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/04/inside-the-iranian-wedding-bombed-in-us-strike/https://www.reuters.com/investigations/deadly-strike-iranian-wedding-was-likely-direct-hit-by-us-munition-analysis-2026-09-03/https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2096231596449767452?s=20Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out our truck fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveTanks are still useful on the modern battlefield. I know that’ll get some folks fired up but look, when you talk to the people actually fighting the war, they want more tanks. That should be a pretty good sign.But also, we’re not seeing tanks scrapped, but rather technical and tactical adaptations emerge to keep them in the fight, at least for now. Sources:https://www.twz.com/land/how-russian-drones-forced-ukraine-to-park-its-m1-abrams-tankshttps://x.com/Black_BirdGroup/status/2096083074240975038?s=20https://x.com/414magyarbirds/status/2094683844821549418?s=20Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out our truck fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveSo you might have heard the news that Ukraine has declared the Russian skies closed to commercial aircraft. With Zelensky saying “There are no more safe moments in the sky over Russia” Now Putin didn’t handle this well, at all. I mean right away they referred to this as Ukraine threatening to kill civilians and a clear cut example of state terrorism backed by the west.But here’s the thing, that’s not at all what happened. Sources:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9v9yydy2wvohttps://x.com/Mockingjay_uahttps://x.com/DrnBmbrStore: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One scam can cost you everything — protect yourself now. The first 100 users get 20% off with code prestonstewart at https://coveron.com/prestonstewart NATO is under attack, has been for some time, but yesterday, it really escalated. Germany just announced that the two men behind the attempted drone attack at the Leipzig airport were acting on behalf of Russian state entities. This is just the tip of the iceberg as Russia ramps up it's hybrid warfare across Europe. Sources:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/germany-leipzig-airport-drone-russia-nato-iran-1df66c1e?mod=hp_opin_pos_3 https://apnews.com/article/germany-russia-explosive-drone-leipzig-attack-8a0054face48cc56f6cb6bcf9a8f4b51 https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-some-eu-states-summon-russian-embassy-officials-over-leipzig-drone-attack-2026-09-02/ https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-explosive-devices-found-near-power-plant/live-78583741 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/g-s1-141502/germany-russia-attempted-drone-attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-train-station-explosion-augsburg-injured-b3043222.html https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-suspects-foreign-involvement-in-drone-plant-arson-attack/ Store: https://prestonstew.shop/ Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the US kicked off another wave of strikes in Iran last night, it’s pretty clear that our focus is using economic warfare to try to bring this war to a close. And as our guest today mentions, it’s worth noting that economic and military means aren’t mutually exclusive and in many cases can support the other.To help understand what we’re seeing on the economic side of this war, we’re joined today by Brett Erickson who I think does a great job of summarizing this as a matter of runway. Who has more and what shortens or lengthens that path?Brett is a financial crime and geopolitical expert whose work operates at the intersection of national security, finance, geopolitics, and institutional governance and serves as the managing principal at Obsidian Risk Advisors.We get into the US economic warfare strategy, what’s working, what’s not and what to watch for in the coming weeks.Follow Brett and his work at the links below:https://www.obsidianriskadvisors.com/https://x.com/BrettErickson28Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looks like we’re back to war. This appears to be like more than a tit for tat response as the US carried out strikes for a few hours earlier today and the Iranian response, missile and drone attacks across the region, is still ongoing as of this recording.In turn we don’t have any solid battle damage assessments however the US says we went after a number of radar sites along the coast and Iran says that one strike hit a wedding party killing four and wounding more than 50.On the other side, Iran appears to have shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone and it looks like at least a few missiles bypassed air defense and impacted in Jordan. Jordan has since announced that 10 missiles were intercepted and 3 fell in unpopulated areas.Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In recent months China and Russia have helped Iran to kill Americans.And that’s the focus of today’s conversation with Bradley Bowman where we get into how these countries have increased collaboration in recent years and the very real threat that poses to the United States and our Allies.Bradley is the senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and recently co-authored a book titled “Axis of Aggressors: Countering the Cooperation of China, Russia, Iran & North Korea”Find Axis of Aggressors here: https://www.amazon.com/Axis-Aggressors-Countering-Cooperation-Russia/dp/1968919414/Where to follow Bradley:https://www.fdd.org/team/bradley-bowman/https://x.com/Brad_L_Bowmanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleylbowman/Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most shocking leaks in recent years just came out from the Pentagon with multiple senior officials allegedly telling Secretary Hegseth that the war in Iran is unsustainable, but he’s not listening. We do have official and unofficial responses from the Pentagon where they’ve stated that this is just Trump Derangement Syndrome and that the Washington Post works for enemies of the United States. Pushback is normal, but this high level internal debate being leaked? That’s not. This is pretty significant. Sources:https://wapo.st/4wT23bLhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/28/treasury-uae-banque-misr-sanctions-iran.htmlhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/12/marine-fired-charlie-kirk-death-post-pentagon/86110626007/https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2094103560384389592?s=20https://x.com/infantrydort/status/2094069244057051321?s=20https://youtu.be/FT784GgO8-o?si=2_TGWGCIHF93ULad Store: https://prestonstew.shop/ Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946 Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://www.recwatches.com/the-x4009-series and use code PRESTON for 10% off. The X4009 is a strictly limited timepiece built from original WWII Spitfire aluminum, no two are identical. Part of every sale funds the restoration of the actual aircraft.So Ukraine says they have intelligence that Russia is planning a ground attack from the north, towards Kyiv. Now it’s far from certain that Russia could even pull that off but the timing is notable.So far this week we have the CIA director secretly traveling to Moscow to reportedly warn Russia against attacking NATO. And today, the Polish Prime minister “the escalation from Russia's side is progressing and we must be prepared for various scenarios.”Check out our fall truck fundraiser here: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveSources:https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.438/32.053https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/29/8050908/https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-plans-new-ground-attack-on-kyiv-ukraine-warns/https://x.com/donaldtusk/status/2093648423522124282?s=20https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/27/europe-cannot-protect-russia-from-itself?taid=6a9040a82c351600015c0b77&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitterStore: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out our fall fundraiser here! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveSo it looks like Ukraine just took out another Tu-95 bomber, on the runway, pretty far inside Russian territory. That would be the second Russian strategic bomber hit by a Ukrainian drone in the past six weeks. Same airfield actually which seems like maybe there’s a little gap in their air defense to say the least.Sources:https://militarnyi.com/en/news/satellite-images-damage-tu-95-bomber-engels/https://t.me/SBUkr/18479https://t.me/bomber_fighter/26371https://t.me/milinfolive/178343https://t.me/milinfolive/176402Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fall campaign just went live! Check it out here to see the new patches available to our donors: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveSo we’ve got some updates on why the CIA director secretly flew to Moscow on Tuesday including an assessment that a ‘critical shortage’ of interceptors in Europe, may be leading Putin to consider the dangerous gamble of attacking NATO directly. Sources:https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-could-strike-uk-military-targets-response-ukrainian-strikes-using-2026-08-27/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/27/8050507/https://kyivindependent.com/baltics-assessment-of-russia-threat-unchanged-after-cia-directors-moscow-visit/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/cia-director-russia-ukraine.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/patriot-missiles-iran-war-russia-ukraine-trump-09c7d8030a2e11fbd8ee3f7176b3f2d4https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/cia-chiefs-surprise-moscow-trip-was-to-warn-russia-not-to-attack-nato-c2d997f3?mod=trending_now_news_1Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATO & Ukraine Team Up on Airfield DenialThings are going to get creative Ukraine is pretty much out of missile interceptors, so now what?We know they’re trying to get more and there’s of course the domestic program that hopefully will be ready soon but the other option is to target the archer rather than shooting down the arrows. And that’s something NATO is helping with.Today we’re joined by Colonel Valerii Vyshnivskyi of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center to discuss a new challenge: persistent airfield denial. This is part of a series of innovation challenges put on by NATO where companies from alliance countries submit their solutions and compete for the potential to receive support to develop their products.References:https://www.act.nato.int/jatec/https://www.act.nato.int/activities/innovation-challenges/https://www.act.nato.int/opportunities/contracting/rfip-act-sact-26-72/Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Car4Ukraine campaign: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Car4Ukraine merch collab: https://prestonstew.shop/collections/car4ukraineDzyga's Paw merch collab: https://prestonstew.shop/collections/dzygas-pawYesterday the CIA director flew unannounced to Moscow. The last time this happened was in late 2021 to warn Putin that we knew he was about to invade Ukraine in hopes he would back off. No doubt something important is going on but as of now it’s all speculation.Sources:https://www.wsj.com/world/cia-director-john-ratcliffe-makes-surprise-trip-to-moscow-c1c68fa6?mod=hp_trendingnow_article_pos5https://malcontentnews.substack.com/p/why-did-cia-director-ratcliffe-travelhttps://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2092519739625026031?s=20https://t.me/two_majors/82314Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to: https://www.wildalaskan.com/PRESTONYesterday the United States kicked off Operation Economic Outcast which administration officials have called the economic D-Day for Iran. The response was ‘meh’ with some in Iran saying this is just another empty threat by President Trump. In fact when asked why these sanctions weren’t going into place right now, Secretary Bessent said “Why would I want to blow up the global financial system.” Which may be an indication of how far we’re willing, or not willing to take this.Sources:https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/u-s-says-oil-is-pouring-through-hormuz-trackers-cant-find-it-306faebdhttps://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-squeezes-iran-but-avoids-targeting-its-biggest-lifeline-china-b8d2ee88?mod=hp_lead_pos2https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/bessent-launches-operation-economic-outcast-to-isolate-iran-0e4db091https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/24/what-to-expect-as-iran-braces-for-new-us-economic-measures-amid-warhttps://www.ft.com/content/cb865200-1a06-40be-86a3-10ee2bb05804Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out our merch collabs below:Dzyga's Paw: https://prestonstew.shop/collections/dzygas-pawCar4Ukraine: https://prestonstew.shop/collections/car4ukraineIn just the last two days, Ukraine has taken out three Russian aircraft, three anti-aircraft missile systems and 12 air defense radars with most of the strikes occurring inside Russia rather than occupied Ukraine. In other words, more and more Russian targets continue to become available. Sources:https://united24media.com/defense-tech/britain-to-unlock-classified-scalp-missile-technology-for-ukraine-to-build-them-at-home-21919https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/ukraine-war-briefing-macron-focuses-on-delivery-of-missile-interceptors-as-russian-attacks-intensifyhttps://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-says-musk-may-change-his-mind-on-using-starlink-against-russian-ballistic-missiles/https://t.me/usf_army/2361https://t.me/usf_army/2358Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One scam can cost you everything — protect yourself now. The first 100 users get 20% off with code prestonstewart at https://coveron.com/prestonstewartSo the United States says we will not be returning to large scale kinetic operations in Iran anytime soon as we wait for the economic pressure to “collapse the regime.” But here’s the thing, that might actually prompt the return to fighting President Trump is hoping to avoid. See, while Iran is certainly feeling the impact of the blockade and sanctions, hardliners in the regime are arguing that the time to strike is now. Force the US to an actual agreement before the economic situation deteriorates even further.Sources:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/world/europe/trump-iran-economy-sanctions-threats.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-treasury-secretary-bessent-hold-press-conference-iran-on-monday-2026-08-20/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-economy-sanctions-hormuz-b3036190.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/18/there-no-breaking-point-problem-with-trumps-plan-teconomically-strangle-iran-01040781https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-08-21/trump-warns-of-economic-d-day-against-iran-but-tehran-is-well-acquainted-with-sanctionshttps://x.com/RZimmt/status/2090781942107066794?s=20https://x.com/HamidRezaAz/status/2090781076159406330?s=20https://x.com/citrinowicz/status/2090792770755506197?s=20Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices