Russia's Aeroflot cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a crippling cyberattack. A pro-Ukrainian hacking group, Silent Crow, claimed responsibility for the incident, stating it was linked to the war in Ukraine.

"Yes, they tried to influence it. No, unless we poll every voter as to why they voted, we can’t tell you if that worked," Susan Miller said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One of the groups claiming responsibility for the digital sabotage at Aeroflot, Russia's flagship airline, has a track record of disruptive hacks. The Belarusian Cyber Partisans – a long-established group sworn to overthrow Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko – joined with a more obscure group known as Silent Crow to claim responsibility for the crippling intrusion at Aeroflot that canceled dozens of flights on Monday and led to travel disruptions across Russia.

The Russian ruble fell sharply in value on Monday following statements by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said he was cutting short a 50-day ultimatum to Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and waiting for the Kremlin's decision within the next 10-12 days, The Moscow Times reported.

A Russian airline carried out its first flight on a new route connecting Moscow and the North Korean capital on Monday, marking the first direct commercial flight between the two cities in decades.

The same data networks that enable phone apps and web surfing help drones navigate, so officials are imposing daily, patchwork shutdowns. The actions can be very disruptive to daily life.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia would prefer to resolve the conflict through dialogue, but said military operations continue because "opponents rejected the path of negotiations."

MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger plane carrying 49 people, including 5 children, crashed in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region Thursday, local emergency services said. Russian news agencies said that an initial aerial inspection suggested there were no survivors.