More than six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the smaller of the two nations has proven a worthy adversary, forcing back Russian troops and regaining previously held territory.

And despite alleged annexation referendums, Russian forces seem unable to hold back Ukrainian advances.

National Post columnist Adam Zivo joins me from Odesa to discuss how the war has changed in the last six months, what the mood is like on the ground away from the front lines, and whether there’s a worry about Vladimir Putin’s threats of a nuclear strike.

Background reading: Vladimir Putin's coming humiliation

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