[davorb]

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]

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

[perilunar]

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

[hef19898]

Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires for a reason.