Putin's Dangerous Gamble - Why the CIA Rushed to Moscow

Fall campaign just went live! Check it out here to see the new patches available to our donors: https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/preston-stewart-fall-offensiveSo we’ve got some updates on why the CIA director secretly flew to Moscow on Tuesday including an assessment that a ‘critical shortage’ of interceptors in Europe, may be leading Putin to consider the dangerous gamble of attacking NATO directly. Sources:https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-could-strike-uk-military-targets-response-ukrainian-strikes-using-2026-08-27/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/27/8050507/https://kyivindependent.com/baltics-assessment-of-russia-threat-unchanged-after-cia-directors-moscow-visit/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/cia-director-russia-ukraine.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/patriot-missiles-iran-war-russia-ukraine-trump-09c7d8030a2e11fbd8ee3f7176b3f2d4https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/cia-chiefs-surprise-moscow-trip-was-to-warn-russia-not-to-attack-nato-c2d997f3?mod=trending_now_news_1Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68Lhcj39e7zM4iM9bbJkdt?si=14c0ff0c0757472aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart/id1834772946Contact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices