NEW: The Kremlin appears to be conducting a targeted information campaign that aims to highlight the claimed Russian seizure of Kostyantynivka to the Trump administration and Western information space.
Other Key Takeaways:
Russia is using a short-term ceasefire proposal it knows Ukraine will logically reject as part of Russia’s expanded cognitive warfare effort to falsely portray Ukraine as the unwilling negotiator.
Russia continues to face mounting manpower allocation challenges as it struggles to build out a robust air defense umbrella to defend Russia’s vast rear.
Russian forces launched 4 missiles and 125 drones against Ukraine on the night of July 4 to 5.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces made confirmed advances on July 5
