times. i am ashamed of the u.n. security council. the most powerful nations in the world are unable to enforce the most basic standards of human rights. failure to enforce these resolutions calls into question the very reason for this process. they are disconnected from reality. you pointed out secretary tillerson had outlined the administration s goals here. what is the next step then if we are to ratchet it up, if we do at all. the secretary gave a good policy speech, but the administration needs to back that up with more muscle. both diplomatic muscle and funding on the ground for stablization in the areas that were liberatedly isis. but the crisis in eastern ghouta is unspeakable carnage against the civilian population. the russian and the syrians, they don t distinguish between the civilians and terrorist groups. they re going to bomb any targets they see as legitimate. they ran this play in alepo.
reporter: yeah. the international community, u.s., pretty much everyone, they have as much a problem today solving the problem with syria as they did several years ago. the trump administration has been solely focused on defeating isis in iraq and syria and really hasn t spent much time and energy trying to find a diplomatic solution to the fighting there. the other thing we re seeing, the russian, who are sort of the other major player here, they re talking about settlement, sergei lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, talked about finding a settlement to end the violence there. this is what we saw in alepo where the russians talked about settlement, but at the same time they escalated the bombing and violence. neither the russians or syrians want to have anyone left to negotiate with, and so they talked about settlements, but they really do pound the enemy into submission. dana: conor, thank you for bringing that report to us. a new report showing a growing crisis for the u.s.
it s very bad, some of the worst violence we have seen throughout the war in syria for the last seven years. pretty much every international aid organization that put out a statement has said it s very, very bad. about 400,000 syrians living in that rebel held area. just in the last three days alone, more than 300 have been killed, thousands wounded. amnesty international describes the syrian and russian shelling as, quote, a flagrant war crime that s being committed on an epic scale while the world health organization is accusing the assad regime of intentionally targeting hospital facilities and civilians. opposition leaders are describing it as a new holocaust. it is very, very violent and bloody there. like we saw in alepo, the russians and seer i can t understand appear to want to finish off the rebels in this area before doing anything else in terms of negotiations and talks. dana: conor, what is the united states and other international partners doing in response?
russia is stepping up its military campaign in syria to a new level. russian ships in the kas peian sea shoot dozens of missiles on what it calls isis and other terrorist targets on wednesday. translator: we are aware of how difficult such ansi terrorist operations are. and, of course, it s too early to discuss the results, but the things that have been done so far deserve a high positive mark. well, syrian rebels say the russian strikes are not targeting isis. one u.s.-backed group posted video online of a weapons depot outside of alepo that it says was hit by russian jets. cnn cannot independently verify the claim. and take a look at this map, most of the russian air strikes have hit russian syria.
course, serbia as sauf as possible, but alsos to care about these people and show that we are humane enough. hungary says it s accepted 70 asylum applications and rejected 40. those who haven t made it into hungary say they re not going anywhere until they can continue on through europe. ben wedeman has the story. reporter: hungary imposed harsh penalties for anyone trying to get over. baffled by the sudden change, this syrian from aleppo had a message for the prime minister of hungary. we want to pass to germany, austria, denmark, sweden, he says. no one wants to stay in your