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Russia’s national airline Aeroflot was forced to cancel more than 40 flights Monday after being hit with a cyberattack carried out by a pro-Ukrainian group, reports said.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia said it launched a criminal investigation and "supervisory measures have been organized in connection with the delay and cancellation of flights at [Moscow’s] Sheremetyevo Airport. "

"The cause was a failure in the operation of the Aeroflot information system as a result of a hacker attack," the office added on Telegram.

A message purportedly from a group called Silent Crow said, "Glory to Ukraine! Long live Belarus!" and noted that it carried out the cyberattack with a Belarusian group called Cyberpartisans BY,

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