jill. >> reporter: with that said, it is the syrian forces that are carrying out most of this. the russians have made it clear, they are not doing the bombing. the syrian army helped by the russians, of course. john, you have the difficult situation right now. you have the people in eastern aleppo, essentially stuck there trying to get out and on the diplomatic level, essentially, it is a draw. the russians and the chinese vetoed the truc that would last for seven days that could be good for people in aleppo. however, the russianss a s however, the russianss as are sg