“Using it to make the claim that “the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here” is unverifiable speculation. You’re off in the fluff.”
Unverifiable? Yes. But it is not illogical. Logically, everyone knows the verified kills are just a portion of all kills. This is always the case, in every war, every century. The total number will not be known until the war is over. What we do know now, because this has always been the case, is that the total number of tanks destroyed must be larger than the number that is verified. A week ago the Ukrainian military said they had destroyed 476 Russian tanks. If the verified number is 297, then 476 is not - by any means - an outrageous claim. Even if that estimate was 50% to high that would still mean more than 380 tanks destroyed. That would be significant and entirely within the realm of possibility of what we have seen so far.
Ukraine, according to multiple sources, has more tanks now than at the beginning of the war because they have captured so many from the Russians. This just isn’t going as the Russians planned it.
“That would be significant”
Of course it would. Note the tense. To make the definitive statement in the present is off in the fluff.
“Ukraine, according to multiple sources,”
Gotta love those multiple sources.