Preston Stewart is a West Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran who covers the Ukraine war extensively on his YouTube channel, his podcast called War and Conflict, and his newsletter called Defense Tech News. Michael Kofman is a world-class military analyst specializing in the Russian and Ukrainian militaries. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and he hosts The Russia Contingency podcast on the War on the Rocks platform.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – Introduction
1:00 – State of the war in Ukraine
14:39 – Drone warfare and the kill zone
51:49 – Who is winning the war?
1:03:26 – Military analysis of Russia’s 2022 invasion
1:19:14 – Battle of Bakhmut
1:34:56 – War optimism and bad information
1:55:05 – Prigozhin’s mutiny
2:09:20 – Putin vs Zelenskyy
2:27:18 – Trump
2:36:13 – Paths to peace in Ukraine
2:46:53 – Nature of war
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Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep504-sa
See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
0:00 – Introduction
1:00 – State of the war in Ukraine
14:39 – Drone warfare and the kill zone
51:49 – Who is winning the war?
1:03:26 – Military analysis of Russia's 2022 invasion
1:19:14 – Battle of Bakhmut
1:34:56 – War optimism and bad information
1:55:05 – Prigozhin's mutiny
2:09:20 – Putin vs Zelenskyy
2:27:18 – Trump
2:36:13 – Paths to peace in Ukraine
2:46:53 – Nature of war
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Michael's Podcast: https://warontherocks.com/premium/therussiacontingency/
Preston's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prestonstewart
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Finally!
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Oh yeah – lets go!
Stop this war, Lex. You can do it. 👍🏻
6th
Лекс, привет! Ждём русскую озвучку!
A rc flight bomb, William Golding is correct man.
Third
NO MORE WAR
War, war never changes…
Лекс, привет! Вопрос: ИИ перевод на русский Пушкин будет делать? 😐
Я из России, и мне нравится Амосов. Уверен, что Исламу проиграет, но Герри может победить
Матч тв как обычно зассыт бой показать 💩
Всем мир друзья✌️
There is a serious negation ongoing now so hopefully they can reach middle ground and reach peace. Take the military industrial complex of both sides and let them focus on Mars colonization instead of breaking things. There is plenty of money, fame, and resources in Mars to close this mindless wreaking havoc business.
Привет
20th comment!
I thought it was Ben Shapiro on the thumbnail for a moment
Makes sense ngl
Now thats whst i call a pull refredh ! ❤
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦 Heroyam Slava!
Russia is a fascist state, Putin is a war criminal, and Russia will pay for what it has done in Ukraine.
Thanks for you work 💪
🇺🇦
Bro there's another Preston Stewart on YouTube I was like yoooo
Да будет срач
Incredible, staying awake now on the other side of the pond. Bless you Lex
100%
This gonna be a good one
Slava Ukraini ❤
As an American I really don't care how it ends I just want it to end. Let Russia take some or all of Ukraine. I don't care. No more dead people please.
War should always be avoided at all costs. The only people that benefit are central bankers, big financial institutions, military industrial complexes and ideological extremists. Everyone else dies or gets poorer
Who cares what Trump has to think about this war. He’ll be dead in a grave before this war ends lmao. Still talking about Trump like he’s relevant or actually the one doing anything militarily
Ukraine is on its last leg. These people are clearly wellwishers. They have no are defense. Russia is now flying jets into territory with no care. Dreams won't make Ukraine win. It's not Ukraine fault but they need to settle. People hate the thought that Russia beat Nato but the truth is they did
it;'s NATO vs Russia
not Ukraine vs Russia
c'mon, stop pretending already
Ukrainians are foot soldiers, basically everything else is US, EU, Nato…
No More Putin!