The Russian Counter-Offensive in Ukraine

I just frankly don't know enough about the movement of the counter-offensive and what this means. I can only trust what I read which leads me to believe along with everything else that we know that this is a Russian effort. What I'm sort of more interested in from the domestic side of things is the way in which populist conservatives are talking about this. It was heartening to hear from other Republican presidential candidates much more forthright support.