.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held area in the south western Kursk area has been actually "stopped," a spokesperson from Ukraine's army administration in the area said to AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Self defense Department mentioned it had actually taken back numerous towns from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has actually so far held on to sizable swathes of Russian region given that launching its shock attack in very early August." They attempted to assault from the flanks, yet they were quit there certainly," speaker Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The circumstance was supported and also today every little thing is actually under control, they were not successful.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian pressures had actually viewed "some small results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered into among the resolutions. They started fighting for one more settlement deal, but that was it.".He also claimed there were actually "many 1000" Russian civilians in areas taken up through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlements, there are more than one hundred people, greater than 200, much more than five hundred.".In overdue August, Russian authorities pointed out around 20,000 individuals stayed in locations of the Kursk region held through Ukrainian forces. In general, greater than 150,000 folks staying in neighborhoods near the borderline have been compelled to vacate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also stated that Russian strikes focused on reclaiming its own territory have actually killed "23 private citizens" considering that completion of August, mentioning they are "dying with the Ukrainian military.".Depending on to him, civilians are actually "not enabled to leave" due to the fact that "the scenario should be actually handled." However, he mentioned, they are actually enabled to "walk around" the place as well as can easily "see one another, eat, collect somewhere, dig potatoes, function in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky pointed out that private citizens could be made it possible for to leave for Russian-controlled territory in the event that Ukraine and Russia "acknowledge, with international companies that manage these issues, to open up an environment-friendly passage under the oversight of onlookers.".Earlier recently, Kyiv talked to the United Nations and also the International Board of the Reddish Cross to monitor the situation in locations of Russia's Kursk its troops manage.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that food is brought right into those regions coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy area. "The Sumy local administration allocates funds for breadstuff on a weekly basis. The armed forces supply water, the administration give away food items package deals."." Nothing at all functions there, no outlets, no drug store, nothing at all," he incorporated.