{"podcast":{"title":"War & Conflict with Preston Stewart","slug":"war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288","podcast_index_feed_id":7458288,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AETTA6423981509","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/preston-stewart--6716812","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bed751d2-1975-11f1-8d0f-7f39a5393f15/image/6fb2ed73e50a3ee9fd1fd541f61a5117.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Preston Stewart","episode_count":314,"summary":"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!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T10:19:07.631156+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288"},"episode":{"title":"Bakhmut Fell But Ukraine Did Not","slug":"bakhmut-fell-but-ukraine-did-not","published_at":"2026-05-20T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/bakhmut-fell-but-ukraine-did-not","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA2609603573.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA2609603573.mp3","summary":"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 then, their casualties have spiked, progress has stalled and Ukraine is regularly striking inside of Russia. Despite all of the claims at the time that the Ukrainian army was set to collapse, that's far from the case today. 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/Unclassified Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4YmaFZihykI0iov9XgQ0uD?si=efe0b3bd89b6421dYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnclassifiedPodContact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Truck fundraiser: https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/preston-stewart-offensive-2026Pick up a Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Join th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1133,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/episodes/bakhmut-fell-but-ukraine-did-not/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/bakhmut-fell-but-ukraine-did-not.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}