"We had contacts with the US side, these contacts are regular and take place at multiple levels. But in this case, we have focused on the public response, you have heard," Zakharova told Rossiya 24 television channel answering a question about the contacts between the ministry and the US Department of State after the missile strike.
According to Zakharova, US missile strikes on the Ash Sha'irat airfield near Syria's Homs province are absolutely "meaningless" and "dangerous," as they block international counterterror efforts.
"What we have seen today… is, of course, the absolute aggression against the sovereign state… from the point of view of military experts and military analysis, this is an absolutely pointless and meaningless operation," Zakharova told Rossiya 1 broadcaster.
She added that it was a "very dangerous operation" as it blocked the international efforts aimed at combating terrorism.
Following the missile attack, the governor of the Homs province said that seven people were killed, including two civilians from a village located in the vicinity of the airfield. An officer of the Syrian Armed Forces told Sputnik that the attack claimed the lives of 10 people.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, six MiG-23 aircraft, an education building and a radar station were destroyed in the attack. A Sputnik correspondent reported from the airbase that some aircraft, including five fighter jets were not harmed in the attack and the runway had not been significantly damaged.
