Your comments are disingenuous
You do t know the figures either, but “it is not hard to guess that they are ten to twenty times higher”??? really
If that wer the case they would have none and Russia would be rolling over Ukraine like they originally planned
Activated to active duty is not mobilizing, as in taking civilian fill off the street and sending to Afghanistan or o. This case Ukraine
Did Afghanistan have airpower and million men when Russia er ah Soviet Union lost 15k+ in ten years
That is an apples to apple comparison 2500 in 20 tears and 15,000 in ten
As to comparing to Ukraine, on paper Russia should have air superiority and Ukraine Air Force gone and they don’t and it is not
And lose the “if” my service is fact as well as my deployments and duty
Yours?????
I am sorry for being blunt, but this comment betrays your utter ignorance. Which is not a surprise given that we heard the similar ignorant statements of the top brass like Hodges or Petraeus who know nothing about war as well.
Regarding rolling Ukraine over, what was the loss ration between sides in Vietnam, and how do you know what Russian objectives are? From Russian POV, it is a liberation war, hence the effort to have it territorially limited and minimize collateral damage as much as possible.
Regarding activated to active duty, what do you think was taking place in Russia? “Mobilization” was exactly calling reserves to active duty.
Regarding Soviet-Afghan war you are once again showing utter ignorance. The insurgency was specifically incited by the US at the time and supported to enormous degree. Not only it was particularly massive, so was the level of the Soviet control and the country was mostly safe not counting areas bordering Pakistan. If anything Russia was on your side during your time, the insurgency was minimal and had no reasonable external support, and you still had zero control hiding behind the wire most of the time surrounded by hordes contractors whose lives didn’t count. Not to mention the epic exit from A-stan, it was truly amusing.
And regarding air superiority, you are once again showing your utter ignorance. Take some book and learn what the term is and then tell me who has it over Ukraine if not Russia.
And I had plenty of deployments to judge and speak all of the above, and I certainly didn’t shake behind the wire while at it.