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Ukraine has 200k soldiers. But most of them are grunts with rifles. Russia has all kinds of equipment and combined arms. You can't really compare the two.

• thelittleone 5y ago
  certainly no comparison in a conventional war. Ukraine could be as costly to Putin as Afghanistan was to the US.
  • perilunar 5y ago
    Ukraine could also be as costly to Putin as Afghanistan was to the USSR.
    • hef19898 5y ago
      Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires for a reason.