Operation Vivaldi, phase three: Preston Stewart follows Ukraine's push in the east
The week's most watched upload turns on Russian sources complaining about false reports from their own side, and a NATO interview with a Czech company rounds out six videos.
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"Situation Deteriorating" - Russians Report Problems in the East
"Situation Deteriorating" - Russians Report Problems in the East is the most watched of six uploads from Preston Stewart, the West Point graduate and former Army field artillery officer who explains military and foreign affairs from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It sums up phase three of Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi in the east, including footage the Third Army Corps released of 250 captured Russian soldiers. The description notes Russian voices of their own complaining about false reports and missing food, water and drones at the front. Many viewers fixed on that gap between what is reported and what happens.
The rest of the week stayed close to the same front. The New Drone Causing Chaos Behind Russian Lines covered ground robots dropped behind the lines, and the two newest uploads, on Russia's quiet mobilization and on Ukraine setting up a fourth phase, are where the attention sits now. Away from Ukraine, he covered eight US Marines wounded in an Iranian missile attack and talked with LPP Holdings, the Czech winner of a NATO challenge to shut down enemy airfields.
The channel's daily views ran well below its usual pace, though the week still added close to 3.8 million views, the second most among similar channels after Max Afterburner, with BFBS Forces News just behind. Subscribers held at 1.1 million.
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- Channel
- Preston Stewart
- Subscribers
- 1,100,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,772,118
- Videos published this week
- 6
- Video published
- September 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 545,884
- Views on its first day
- 424,507
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