Sounds to me like perennial misidentification of assets, which happens in all wars. Neither can you be so sure intelligence elements are already working on the ground with Bradleys, or Bradleys have been informally provided for advanced training in anticipation. I would do exactly such a thing, and it's believable that Ukrainian pilots may already be training in F-16s and F-18s long before they are formally provided.
Like you said, trust no one, which also means Ukrainian denials of sorts. That also goes with the rocket attack mentioned in that article.
Personally I do not treat casualty claims on either side as gospel, and frankly never cared. What's important is that a facility was hit. Russian MoD announcements is based on the casualties for a specific front, e.g. Donetsk, as opposed to a single rocket attack. Potential casualty claims might have been done using communication interceptions, which itself is unreliable since parties on the ground are in a state of panic and can easily report 'hundreds killed' without verifying it themselves.
Lol. Watch DPA's video. No asset or force was ever transferred. The repulse was accomplished using border forces, local militias and possibly GRU forces. They were accomplished entirely without Special Military Operation forces. Not Z, V, O or whatever. Forces that were not assigned to the SMO.
It looks like the attack was completely stomped and way worst than the first. DPA is a neutral observer and relies on neutral and Ukrainian open sources, and that's collaborated with Russian reports with photographic and drone evidence, and when you have alignment in collaboration by different sources, there's certainty to it. It's very likely to my point of view, based on Russian tactics, that the attack was not just stomped but stomped in a predictable book fashion way. The Russians were waiting, they got drones in the air, attack was spotted and drone adjusted artillery was spammed. Same MO used countless times, but for some reason for well over a year now, the Ukrainians have not figured out a way to unravel this tactic.
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