War & Conflict with Preston Stewart

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So now we’ve got Ukrainian robots being dropped off behind the front lines, firing rockets into where the Russians are hiding, then, once they’re suppressed, driving in and blowing up. That’s a bad day and a pretty wild new use of drones in the Ukraine war.
We’re seeing new tactics and techniques like this on a daily basis from Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps as they continue pushing in the east during Operation Vivaldi. In fact, today we have the Russian perspective on how their mistakes led to this Ukrainian advance and how the chaos is spreading to other sectors of the front.
Interview with 'Jackie' from 3rd Army: https://youtu.be/iauv7plhosE
Sources:
https://t.me/dva_majors/99615
https://t.me/dva_majors/99561
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-military-delivers-4-tons-of-food-to-occupied-oleshky-by-drones-regional-authorities-said/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c60qxywdx4vvo
https://t.me/swodki/620665
https://understandingwar.org/research/geospatial-intelligence/russia-is-integrating-ai-models-into-its-cognitive-warfare-campaign-against-ukraine/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=RussiaAICampaign
https://x.com/ab3army/status/2104136166895206614?s=20
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Operation Vivaldi is off and running and today, we’re talking with a member of the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps to get an idea of what we’re seeing and maybe more importantly, how much is still yet to be released.
SGT John "Jackie" Roberts is an American veteran who has been fighting in Ukraine since 2022. He now serves as a Senior American Military Instructor the 3rd Army Corps who is leading this current offensive in the east.
We get into why this area is so important to warrant an operation of this scale, some of the brand new tactics deployed and what to watch for in the coming months.
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So this Ukrainian counteroffensive in the east is looking bigger than we initially thought. Officially we’ve heard 3,000 Russians eliminated and 125 square kilometers taken back but according to Russian sources, Ukraine may just be getting started.
Sources:
https://t.me/arx_spn/31242
https://kyivindependent.com/inside-the-ukrainian-drone-unit-controlling-russian-occupied-crimeas-highways/
https://t.me/DeepStateUA/23856
https://x.com/clement_molin/status/2100601639434350903?s=20
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It really looks like Russia is going to do something stupid. I just can’t remember a time this many different countries are coming together and issuing public warnings about what they see shaping up. And it’s everything, from sabotage and drone strikes, all the way to a possible attempted military invasion of a NATO member.

Sources:
https://www.fe-ddis.dk/da/nyheder/2026/vurdering-af-truslen-fra-rusland/
https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2026/09/23/6ab411e9fdddff35028b4598.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmp30r1klk37o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c699d2dn9z0mo
https://kyivindependent.com/suspected-russian-drones-crash-in-romania-moldova/

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So far during the war in Iran, the US has lost 65 aircraft at an estimated cost of $4 billion dollars. Now the bulk of that is the 47 MQ-9 Reapers that have been destroyed but there are some other significant ones in here as well.
The War Zone Reporting: https://www.twz.com/air/every-american-aircraft-lost-or-damaged-during-the-iran-war-visualized
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Today we’re joined by Ken Harbaugh who is just back from his most recent trip to Ukraine. While there, Ken was able to interview Russian POWs, who weren’t all Russian, which raises some questions for after the war. Got to see some of the newest CASEVAC technology being used at the front and more.
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https://bsky.app/profile/thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@UCon-4xKJzqoD1JOitZgT5cQ
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/09/ukraine-frontline-medical-evacuations/688638/?gift=_BCcSoTFfySI8FJKr2Yrkl1VHKYlOoquwbUkR1sjzB8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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I guess warfare isn’t already terrifying enough. We now have Ukrainian drones dropping off other drones behind Russian lines, hunting down targets and exploding. That’s what’s happening right now as Ukraine continues their offensive in the east, Operation Vivaldi.
Brigadier General Biletsky, the commander of the 3rd Army Corps just announced the completion of phase two of this operation in the Lyman direction and we’re starting to see some changes made on public maps as well.

Sources:
https://t.me/ab3brigade/15498
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-reveals-new-operation-vivaldi-gains-in-donetsk-oblast/
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-pulls-elite-drone-unit-from-northern-donetsk-oblast-after-losses-from-operation-vivaldi-military-says/
https://t.me/rybar_in_english/34377
https://t.me/mod_russia/67456
https://t.me/infomil_live/34389
https://t.me/NOVA_AB3/455

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Overnight Ukraine launched what Russian bloggers are calling the largest drone attack of the war. 1,300 drones targeted the Moscow region and the results are, well, another key refinery is on fire.
Russian sources actually laid out the three phase process for this strike that is already leading to lines at gas stations as the citizens worry about fuel shortages.
Sources:
https://t.me/magyarbirds414/1225
https://t.me/bomber_fighter/26588
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/russian-refining-sector-struggles-amid-intensifying-ukrainian-attacks
https://x.com/mbohnert/status/2101616654257909927?s=20
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Something is happening in Europe. Yesterday we had multiple nations warning about the possibility of a Russian escalation creeping into NATO and EU territory.
These warnings aren’t new and one at a time isn’t anything special. But in the last 48 hours we’ve had Poland, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Lithuania and Switzerland issue warnings while the US uncovered a Russian plot to carry out assassinations inside the United States.
Now on the bright side President Trump signed the new Russia sanctions bill into law and the US appears ready to sell the largest batch of weapons to Ukraine in years, more on that later in today’s video.
Sources:
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-vladimir-putin-nato-drone-attacks-europe-leaders-warning/
https://www.rferl.org/a/33859294.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/russia-assassination-plot-kremlin.html
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/members-russian-intelligence-services-network-charged-conspiring-finance-terrorism-and
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/russia-us-killings-plot
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-russia-war-air-defense-state-department/
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So Ukraine is extending their gains in the east with some Russians acknowledging that everything gained since spring in that direction has been lost.
We’ve also got some unique footage of a vehicle you all provided to a Ukrainian unit being used in frontline operations and the Russia sanctions bill finally passed the house with rumors President Trump may sign it into law later today.
Sources:
https://ua.news/en/war-vs-rf/rosiia-mozhe-sprobuvati-stvoriti-bufernu-zonu-na-pivnochi-ukrayini-prokopenko
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/house-russia-sanctions-bill-trump-01081210
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