They should have started the resolution with a condemnation of Israel. That would probably have gotten them at least a few more votes.
But it’s not been a good day for Russia in general. Not only did the U.S., Britain and France strike Syria in defiance of Russian warnings, and not only did the Russians offer absolutely nothing in terms of resistance or the dreaded “consequences” they had promised, but now even the most tyrant-friendly body in the world has no love for them: