Key Takeaways from the ISW: Russian President Vladimir Putin used a staged meeting with several Russian commanders on July 3 to make greatly exaggerated claims of Russian advances that do not match battlefield realities in order to construct a narrative of continuous Russian military successes. Putin and other Russian military commanders heavily aggrandized the claimed seizure of Kostyantynivka on July 3 and 4. The Russian MoD and other Russian sources are publishing large quantities of footage that may be AI-altered to falsely confirm Russian exaggerated claims and complicate individual footage verification. Putin used the July 3 meeting with Russian commanders to signal his commitment to continuing the war in Ukraine as he has been. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces advanced on July 4