The Syrian regime has established control over eastern Aleppo, a previously rebel-held section of the city, according to a top Russian official.

“The information we’ve received in the last hour says that military activities in east Aleppo have stopped,” Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council Tuesday. “The Syrian government has established control over east Aleppo, so now the time has come for practical humanitarian initiatives.”