US strike on Syria an aggression against sovereign state, says Putin

It comes under an invented pretext, says Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the US strike on a Syrian airbase on Friday as "aggression against a sovereign state," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian agencies.

"President Putin considers American strikes on Syria aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international norms, and under an invented pretext," Peskov was reported as saying.