US strikes in Syria inflict ‘considerable damage’ to US-Russia ties: Kremlin

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In this image released by the US Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike on a Syrian air base on Thursday in retaliation for a "barbaric" chemical attack he blamed on President Bashar al-Assad. The missiles were fired from the USS Porter and the USS Ross, which belong to the US Navy's Sixth Fleet and are located in the eastern Mediterranean. / AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / Ford WILLIAMS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
In this image released by the US Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea on April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / 

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The United States strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against a Syrian air base Friday inflict further “considerable damage” to US-Russia relations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian news agencies.

“This step by Washington inflicts considerable damage to US-Russia relations, which are already in a lamentable state,” Peskov said.