.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the southwestern Kursk region has actually been "stopped," a representative coming from Ukraine's army management in the region informed AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Protection Administrative agency said it had actually retaken many villages coming from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has actually so far hung on to sizable swathes of Russian territory given that releasing its own surprise incursion in early August." They tried to strike from the flanks, but they were actually ceased there," speaker Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The situation was actually supported as well as today every little thing is actually in control, they were actually not successful.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky confessed that Russian powers had actually viewed "some minor results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got in some of the settlement deals. They began fighting for an additional settlement deal, yet that was it.".He likewise stated there were actually "many many thousand" Russian private citizens in regions occupied by Ukrainian troops. "In some settlement deals, there are much more than one hundred folks, much more than 200, more than five hundred.".In late August, Russian authorizations said around 20,000 individuals stayed in places of the Kursk location kept by Ukrainian powers. Overall, more than 150,000 individuals residing in neighborhoods near the perimeter have been pushed to leave their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also stated that Russian strikes aimed at reclaiming its own area have eliminated "23 civilians" because completion of August, mentioning they are "dying with the Ukrainian armed force.".According to him, private citizens are "certainly not made it possible for to leave" because "the condition needs to be actually regulated." However, he stated, they are actually permitted to "move around" the place as well as can easily "visit each other, eat, compile someplace, dig potatoes, function in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that private citizens could be permitted to leave for Russian-controlled territory in case Ukraine and also Russia "agree, via global companies that take care of these problems, to open an eco-friendly passage under the direction of onlookers.".Previously this week, Kyiv inquired the United Nations and the International Board of the Red Cross to note the condition in areas of Russia's Kursk its own troops manage.Dmytrashkivsky said that food items is actually brought in to those locations coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy local management designates funds for bread on a regular basis. The armies supply water, the administration hands out meals package deals."." Nothing at all functions certainly there, no stores, no drug store, absolutely nothing," he incorporated.