Max Boot ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ @MaxBoot
US officials estimate that Russia lost 5,000-6,000 soldiers in the first two weeks of the warโor roughly 400 a day. (The real figure might be as high as 700 a day.) In Afghanistan, the Soviets averaged 5 KIA a day, and even that undermined the regime. https://t.co/aMZPAYFze2 — PolitiTweet.org