Russian President Vladimir Putin termed the US attack against Syria’s facilities an aggression against a sovereign country, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.

 

"President Putin considers the US strikes against Syria an aggression against a sovereign country violating the norms of international law, and under a trumped-up pretext at that," Peskov said according to a Tass report.

 

"Putin believes that total disregard for the use of chemical weapons by terrorists only exacerbates the situation significantly," he said.

 

"Putin also sees the strikes on Syria by the US as an attempt to divert the attention of the international community from numerous civilians casualties in Iraq," Peskov said.

 

"Washington’s move impairs the Russian-US relations, which are in a deplorable state, substantially," Peskov emphasised.

 

"And, most importantly, Putin believes that this step does not bring us closer to the ultimate goal in the fight against international terrorism. On the contrary, it creates serious obstacles to efforts to forge an international coalition to fight against it and effectively counter this global evil. By the way, US President Donald Trump proclaimed this as one of the key objectives during his election campaign," the Kremlin spokesman said.