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UK freezes record $13 billion in assets linked to two Abramovich associates

The United Kingdom has frozen assets belonging to two Russian oligarchs worth up to $10 billion pounds, or $13 billion U.S. dollars.
Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich are both close associates of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Thursday’s action represents the largest asset freeze in British history, according to a government spokesperson.
The freeze on Tenenbaum and Davidovich was coordinated with a freeze by authorities on the offshore tax haven of Jersey froze assets valued at more than $7 billion that are suspected of being connected to Abramovich.

Ukraine says Russian cyberattack sought to shut down energy grid

Since Russia began its invasion in February, Ukraine hasn’t been hit by any attacks as visibly destructive as those previous hacks of Kyiv energy companies. But Ukraine has faced multiple so-called “wiper” attacks, including ones that have targeted computers in Ukraine’s government, financial institutions and internet service providers. Those attacks also look to mass-delete files from hacked computers.