What Preston Stewart has said about Russian invasion of Ukraine

1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 10, 2026

Preston Stewart, West Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran who covers the Ukraine war on YouTube, the War and Conflict podcast, and the Defense Tech News newsletter, has been quoted on Russian invasion of Ukraine once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on November 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Stewart admits he expected Western sanctions to damage Russia's economy far more than they have.
“I thought that the sanctions would have done a lot more damage. At this point, I think a lot of people did, and it just hasn't”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:28:44

Episodes

#504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare
Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 h 1 min
Lex Fridman talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Preston Stewart about the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, drone warfare, Bakhmut, Prigozhin's mutiny, leadership, and paths to peace.

Others on Russian invasion of Ukraine

Michael Kofman · 7 quotes
Sarah Paine · 4 quotes
Volodymyr Zelenskyy · 4 quotes
James Lechner · 4 quotes
Robert Pape · 3 quotes
Ray McGovern · 3 quotes
Andy Frisella · 3 quotes
Steven Bartlett · 1 quote

Preston Stewart on other topics

Mission command · 2 quotes
Drone warfare · 2 quotes
Foreign policy of the second Trump administration · 1 quote