India, May 21 -- Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' is in focus after the European Union on Tuesday imposed a sweeping set of sanctions, which the group described as its 'largest ever package' targeting it.

The European Council adopted the 17th package of economic and individual restrictive measures, including on the shadow fleet for oil exports, cutting off Russia's access to key military technology.

Meanwhile, as per a statement from the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the latest sanctions target entities supporting Russia's military machine, energy exports and information war, as well as financial institutions helping to fund Putin's invasion of Ukraine and to disrupt the supply chains of deadly Russian weapons systems, inclu...