Victorios news on 520th day of war: advance of Ukrainian forces in south, Shariy's case 

Japan has imposed new sanctions against Russia

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Japan.

"In view of the current situation in Ukraine, as well as in order to contribute to Japan's international efforts to maintain international peace and based on the content of measures recently decided by the world's leading countries, the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday, 28 July 2023, approved a partial amendment to the Export Trade Control Order to introduce measures to ban exports to Russia," the statement said.

The new restrictive measures will come into force on 9 August 2023.

The list of goods banned from export to Russia includes vehicles and spare parts for them. This includes petrol and diesel engines with a displacement of more than 1.9 litres. The list also includes hybrid cars and electric vehicles.

Ukraine wins first gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival

Athlete Olha Mashanenkova won the first gold medal for the Ukrainian national team at the 17th European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor.

This was reported on the website of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the national Olympic team.

"The 16-year-old athlete from Rivne not only became the champion in the 400m hurdles, but also updated the Ukrainian record among girls twice during the competition - the second time in the final - 56.28 seconds," the statement said.

This final was the second in the youth multisport forum for the Ukrainian. In Banská Bystrica in 2022, she also had no equal in this discipline.

Shariy's case is sent to court 

The case of pro-Kremlin blogger Anatoliy Shariy and the former police chief of Vinnytsia region on suspicion of treason for working for the Russian secret service has been referred to court.

According to the investigation, since 2018, the former law enforcement officer, while in the temporarily occupied Crimea, had been cooperating with the FSB and providing information about Ukrainian politicians, heads of fuel and energy companies and owners of Internet resources. To do this, he used personal connections from his previous work.

A former police chief in Vinnytsia region involved pro-Kremlin blogger and leader of a political party banned in Ukraine, Anatoliy Shariy, who has been living in Spain since 2019.

The accomplices created anti-Ukrainian stories. They reported on their work to the enemy.

Ukrainian Armed Forces in the south reach a critical Russian defensive line 

This was reported by CNN.

"Ukrainian forces in the south have been seen for the first time at one of Russia's long-stretching "dragon's teeth" defensive lines in a new video circulating on Russian social media," the statement said.

The agency has identified the video's geolocation as an area east of the villages of Nove and Kharkove in the Polohy district of Zaporizhzhia region.

Germany provides a new package of military aid to Ukraine

The German authorities have sent a new batch of weapons to Ukraine, including six Gepard anti-aircraft systems and more than 15,000 rounds of ammunition.

According to updated data, Ukraine also received: 10 Swedish Bandvagn 206 all-terrain tracked vehicles, 20 Danish RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones, 13 German Vector reconnaissance drones

Russian capital attacked by drones

Moscow authorities complain that on the night of July 27-28 , the Russian capital was attacked by an UAV. The Russian Ministry of Defence blames Ukraine for this.

"This morning, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an unmanned aerial vehicle against targets in the Moscow region was stopped," the statement said.

EU imposes new sanctions against Russia

On Friday, July 28, the European Union imposed new sanctions against 7 Russian individuals and five entities for spreading propaganda and disinformation.

This is stated on the website of the EU Council.

"Today the Council decided to impose restrictive measures against seven Russian individuals and five entities responsible for conducting a digital information manipulation campaign called 'RRN' (Recent Reliable News), aimed at distorting information and disseminating propaganda in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine," the statement said. 

Russian soldiers break down their own equipment and refuse to fight

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Amid successful combat operations of the Ukrainian Defence Forces and due to significant losses in manpower, the number of refusals to participate in hostilities has increased among the Russian occupation forces. Thus, near the village of Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia region, about 60 Russian servicemen from the 247th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Air Assault Division of the Russian Armed Forces refused to perform combat missions near the village of Staromaiorske, Donetsk region. At the same time, occupying Russian forces partially disabled their own vehicles and armoured vehicles.

In addition, Ukrainian aviation carried out 3 strikes on the areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, and units of missile forces and artillery hit 8 artillery pieces in firing positions, 2 electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and a Russian fuel and lubricant depot.