From what I've now researched, Ukraine's tank losses aren't unusually poor given the drone-heavy, high-attrition nature of this war. These rates align with historical norms in conflicts like WWII or the Gulf War, where both sides face massive equipment losses.
Evidence? From credible sources? No. The trail clearly points toward Kremlin-backed outlets.
At the bottom of this page we see this article originated from Sputnikglobe.com - is this a trustworthy objective source?
SputnikGlobe.com (formerly Sputnik News)
- Background and Insights: A subsidiary of Rossiya Segodnya, directly funded by the Russian government since 2014. It's an official propaganda tool, with content approved by state censors.
This article originates from a Swiss site called https://globalbridge.ch/ that promotes pro-Russian narratives and it'ssource is a Russian newspaper called Komsomolskaya Pravda
"(Globalbridge Ed.) A few days ago appeared in the Russian newspaper «Komsomolskaya Pravda» an article by Russian military specialist Victor Baranets, which describes how the Russian army destroyed a secret underground bunker near Lviv with a Kinschal rocket."
PressTV.ir: Iran’s English-language mouthpiece—where “news” comes with a heavy side of state seasoning.
The Rob Scholte Musem in Holland also references Komsomolskaya Pravda as it's source. Unclear why the site now hosts propaganda. Hacked? Looks more normal in 2017 based on the Internet Archive:-
Did not look into this further.
Is "https://worldeventssienervanrensburg.wordpress.com/" a trustworthy site and a good source of truthful data? World Events Siener Van Rensburg
"NATO Soldiers and Officers Die When Western Air Defense Systems Are Destroyed in Ukraine. This revelation is made by Foreign Affairs magazine according to Russian media."
Naapuriseura.fi is the website of Naapuriseura Ry, a Finnish association whose online magazine, Naapuriseuran Sanomat, publishes content aligned with Russian state narratives. It spreads pro-Russian perspectives by questioning Western media portrayals of Russia, opposing NATO expansion, and criticizing sanctions, effectively amplifying Russian propaganda themes in Finland.
The pattern is obvious: every source you’ve provided either originates from or heavily relies on state-controlled Russian or Iranian media. Treating them as evidence of NATO casualties is not credible.
The problem which I've striven to illustrate here is epistemic: simply googling for something, finding a source that confirms preexisting beliefs, and treating that URL as “evidence” bypasses critical evaluation
“Epistemic” relates to knowledge, belief, or the process of knowing. It concerns how we acquire, justify, and validate information or truth claims.
For example, an “epistemic problem” is a problem about whether what we think we know is reliable or justified.