{"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":"Even Russians Aren't Buying These Battlefield Claims","slug":"even-russians-aren-t-buying-these-battlefield-claims","published_at":"2026-05-18T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/even-russians-aren-t-buying-these-battlefield-claims","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA7468672480.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA7468672480.mp3","summary":"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 weekend, the Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov just randomly threw out five new claims that don't line up with reality. Sources:https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=49.44607082010705%2C37.36669644171632&z=9https://x.com/ZoamSc2/status/2056079658647699753?s=20https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2026/05/17/20260517212048-f679cef1.jpghttps://t.me/mod_russia_en/27012Twitter: 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":"Khartia fundraiser: https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=RJR9RTMJSAULNPick up a Car4Ukraine shirt here: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1104,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/episodes/even-russians-aren-t-buying-these-battlefield-claims/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/even-russians-aren-t-buying-these-battlefield-claims.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}