either russia has been complicit or incompetent in its ability to deliver. thank you and russia has strong words for the u.s., denouncing those strikes in syria as quote an act of aggression, vladimir putin says it is a serious blow to u.s.-russian relations. matthew chance is live in moscow for that part of the story. matthew. >> reporter: that's right. on the face of at least the russians are absolutely furious they were carried out against their ally in the middle east. a statement from the kremlin says this president putin regards the attack on syria as an aggression of the sovereign state. it goes on that the syrian army has no chemical weapons, so they are sticking to their versioning