Some of the most recent polling reported out by Helmer today:

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Nationwide polls revealed brimming Russian confidence in the future and also in the political leadership of the country in the month of February, before the announcement by President Vladimir Putin of the military operation against the US plan of attack in Ukraine.
The single largest jump in confidence in Putin and in Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was registered in the week of February 20 to 27; that’s between Putin’s speech of February 21 announcing the US plan of attack and Russian recognition of the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) people’s republics, and his speech of February 24 initiating the full-scale operation to demilitarize the Ukraine.’
Russian opinion polls shows support continues

I have no idea how the neocons and their liberal allies will reconcile themselves to a reality that doesn’t align with their created one. Frankly, I find the implications of that cognitive break from reality by them scary.