Europe is boasting of no less that its 21st package of sanctions against Russia, approved by the EU on Thursday. The bloc also agreed to freeze the Russian oil price cap at current levels for another year, alongside issuing 218 new designations. She described: "We’re hitting over a hundred banks and crypto operators, 40+ vessels in Russia’s shadow fleet, and several oil refineries in Russia and Belarus. Notably the EU is targeting not just Russia's so-called shadow fleet, but any vessel that even assists ships under sanction. EU countries have reached a deal on a sweeping 21st sanctions package against Moscow.