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15,000 russian solevers and been killed since the invasion began just one month ago and an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 russian troops either killed, wounded or missing in ukraine. many observers already drawing parallels to the soviet union's disastrous invasion of afghanistan decades ago. here's cnn's nic robertson. >> reporter: nearly 43 years ago moskow ordered troops into afghanistan. over the following decade some 15,000 soviet red army soldiers would die there. their war and eventual retreat led to the collapse of the soviet union. today the death toll of russian troops in ukraine could a...

That it needs to negotiate. but, unfortunately, we're not yet at that point. >> do you see russia ever getting to that point, and how much can putin really be trusted? >> well, i think there is some point where simply the accumulation of both losses of russian soldiers bear in mind the estimate is as many as 10,000 russian solevers and been killed in action in ukraine in just five weeks. at some point presumably it becomes too painful and the kremlin will look to negotiate. and that's why it's important that the west continue to provide arms to the ukrainians so they can reach that point. now,...