.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the southwestern Kursk location has been actually "stopped," a spokesperson coming from Ukraine's military administration in the region told AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Defense Administrative agency stated it had actually taken back many towns from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has actually so far held on to large swathes of Russian region because introducing its own unpleasant surprise attack in very early August." They attempted to strike coming from the flanks, however they were stopped there," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The situation was actually supported and also today every little thing is actually under control, they were actually certainly not successful.".Nevertheless, Dmytrashkivsky acknowledged that Russian powers had actually seen "some slight results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered some of the resolutions. They started fighting for another settlement deal, yet that was it.".He also claimed there were actually "a number of 1000" Russian civilians in places taken up through Ukrainian soldiers. "In some settlements, there are greater than 100 people, greater than 200, much more than five hundred.".In late August, Russian authorizations stated around 20,000 folks remained in locations of the Kursk location stored through Ukrainian pressures. In general, greater than 150,000 individuals staying in areas near the borderline have been forced to vacate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also professed that Russian strikes intended for repossessing its territory have eliminated "23 civilians" given that completion of August, saying they are "dying along with the Ukrainian armed force.".According to him, private citizens are "certainly not allowed to leave" due to the fact that "the condition must be handled." However, he stated, they are actually permitted to "walk around" the area as well as can "visit one another, eat, gather someplace, dig whites potato, operate in the garden.".Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that private citizens could be allowed to leave behind for Russian-controlled region in case Ukraine and also Russia "concede, by means of global associations that take care of these concerns, to open up a green corridor under the supervision of viewers.".Previously this week, Kyiv talked to the United Nations as well as the International Board of the Red Cross to notice the circumstance in places of Russia's Kursk its own forces control.Dmytrashkivsky pointed out that meals is actually carried in to those regions coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy local administration allots funds for bread on an once a week manner. The militaries offer water, the management hand over meals deals."." Absolutely nothing functions there, no outlets, no drug store, nothing at all," he added.