Russia's foreign ministry said today that Western strikes on Syria came as the country had "a chance of a peaceful future."
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook: "those behind all this claim moral leadership in the world and declare they are exceptional. You need to be really exceptional to shell Syria's capital at the moment when it had gained a chance of a peaceful future."
Huge blasts were reported around Damascus early today, moments after the US, France, and Britain announced they were striking Syria's chemical weapons capabilities.
The joint operation came one week after a suspected chemical attack outside Damascus left more than 40 people dead.
Zakharova suggested that Western media bore some responsibility for the strikes, claiming the White House cited "multiple media sources" on the suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma.
"American and other Western media must understand their responsibility for what happened," Zakharova wrote.
The Russian defence ministry and the Kremlin have yet to make any comment on the strikes announced by US President Donald Trump.
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