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		davorb on Feb 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces 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 on Feb 25, 2022 [–]

certainly no comparison in a conventional war. Ukraine could be as costly to Putin as Afghanistan was to the US.

perilunar on Feb 25, 2022 | [–]

Ukraine could also be as costly to Putin as Afghanistan was to the USSR.

hef19898 on Feb 25, 2022 | | [–]

Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires for a reason.

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