The Kremlin said Tuesday it had 'no hope' for better ties with the UK, a day after Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office, with Moscow criticising his support for Ukraine.Russia sees the UK as one of the most hostile Western countries, with relations at historic lows over a litany of issues - including accusations of Russian poisonings on UK soil - long before London emerged as one of Kyiv's main backers when the Ukraine war erupted.'We have no such hopes,' said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked by AFP if relations could improve.'One of his (Burnham's) first actions was to issue statements expressing support for Ukraine and, consequently, his intention to do everything possible to continue the war,' Peskov said.Burnham, who took over in Downing Street from Keir Starmer, spoke to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on his first day in office on Monday.He said he would tell Zelensky there would be 'no change' in London's policy on Ukraine and that 'I will be with him 100 per cent'.Burnham served as the mayor of Manchester before becoming prime minister.London has hosted Zelensky for several rounds of talks on how to end the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said Tuesday it had 'no hope' for better ties with the UK, a day after Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office. Pictured: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to lay a wreath during a ceremony at the Unknown Tomb on June 22 Leader of the Labour Party Andy Burnham pictured making his first speech outside 10 Downing Street after being appointed Britain's 59th Prime Minister, July 20A Liberian-flagged vessel sailing from Egypt to Ukraine has been hit off Romania's ​coast in an attack likely linked to Russia's ‌war on Ukraine, Romanian President Nicusor Dan said on Tuesday. This year, Russian and Ukrainian drones have repeatedly ​breached the airspace and territorial waters of Romania, ​officials in the European Union and NATO ⁠member state neighbouring Ukraine have said. 'Last night, ​the LPG Gas Lisbon, a Liberian-flagged vessel, was ​hit outside Romanian territorial waters, approximately 20 nautical miles (40 km) off the Romanian coast,' Dan wrote on ​X. Dan said Romanian rescuers had evacuated the ​crew, including three injured members, and a tugboat had been ‌dispatched ⁠to ensure the vessel did not drift and pose a danger to navigation.'State institutions are on alert and will clarify the circumstances, ​causes and ​responsibilities related ⁠to this serious incident, most likely part of the illegal war ​of aggression of the Russian Federation ​against ⁠Ukraine,' Dan said.The strike on the ship, which was carrying more than 3,790 tonnes of propane from the port of Alexandria in Egypt, caused a major fire on board the vessel. Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has either denied ⁠responsibility ​for reported attacks on ​Romania, said they were carried out by Ukraine, or blamed ​Ukrainian 'provocation'.'Two victims had burns covering approximately 10-15 per cent of their bodies, and the third had suffered multiple wounds and was bleeding,' the emergency services said in a statement.Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sybiga called the incident 'yet another example of Russia's terror'.'The response must match the scale of the threat. Stronger sanctions. Greater pressure on Russia,' he said. This photograph shows smoke rising from a civilian ship on the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa on July 19 A damaged building at the site of the Russian strike on the residential area in Odesa, Ukraine, July 21, amid the Russian invasion Ukraine's firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a drone strike on a shopping centre in Sumy late at night on July 20A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine's southern ‌port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black Sea. Russia hit the Golden Leo – a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and Syria – with three cruise missiles, causing a fire on ​Sunday, Ukraine's navy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A Reuters witness in Odesa saw smoke billowing from a ​vessel off the coast on Sunday, which Reuters was able to confirm was the Golden Leo.A ⁠separate Russian attack on Odesa, Ukraine's largest seaport, killed three people and wounded three others on Monday.A ​search and rescue operation lasted all night, Ukraine's seaports authority said, adding that nine crew members and one of its maritime pilots were killed. Eight of the vessel's 17 crew members were rescued, it added.Golden Leo is owned by Mumbai-based Ocean Grace Shipping Ltd, according to LSEG ​data. Its manager, Friends Shipping Co SA, did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.