.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the southwestern Kursk region has actually been "stopped," a speaker coming from Ukraine's army management in the region informed AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Self defense Administrative agency claimed it had retaken many communities from Ukraine in the Kursk region. Kyiv has actually thus far held on to large swathes of Russian territory given that introducing its shock incursion in very early August." They attempted to strike from the flanks, however they were actually quit there certainly," spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky informed AFP. "The scenario was actually supported and also today every thing is under control, they were not prosperous.".However, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian forces had seen "some slight results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got into some of the settlement deals. They started fighting for yet another resolution, however that was it.".He additionally stated there were actually "a number of thousand" Russian private citizens in locations inhabited by Ukrainian soldiers. "In some negotiations, there are much more than one hundred people, much more than 200, much more than 500.".In overdue August, Russian authorities said around 20,000 people continued to be in locations of the Kursk area kept through Ukrainian powers. Generally, much more than 150,000 individuals residing in communities near the border have been actually forced to leave their homes.Dmytrashkivsky likewise stated that Russian strikes focused on reclaiming its own territory have killed "23 civilians" given that completion of August, claiming they are "perishing along with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, civilians are "not permitted to leave" because "the circumstance needs to be handled." Nonetheless, he pointed out, they are actually enabled to "move around" the location as well as can easily "check out each other, eat, gather somewhere, dig whites potato, function in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky claimed that private citizens can be enabled to leave for Russian-controlled territory on the occasion that Ukraine and also Russia "acknowledge, with global companies that manage these concerns, to open an environment-friendly corridor under the oversight of observers.".Earlier today, Kyiv asked the United Nations and the International Board of the Reddish Cross to notice the situation in locations of Russia's Kursk its own troops manage.Dmytrashkivsky pointed out that meals is brought into those places coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy regional management designates funds for breadstuff on a regular manner. The armies give water, the management hands out food package deals."." Absolutely nothing functions certainly there, no shops, no pharmacy, nothing," he included.