.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the south western Kursk area has been actually "stopped," a speaker from Ukraine's army administration in the region told AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Protection Ministry stated it had actually retaken several villages coming from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has thus far held on to sizable swathes of Russian area since releasing its own shock incursion in very early August." They attempted to strike coming from the flanks, however they were actually stopped certainly there," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The situation was maintained as well as today everything is actually under control, they were actually not prosperous.".Having said that, Dmytrashkivsky accepted that Russian powers had seen "some slight results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got in among the negotiations. They began fighting for one more settlement, but that was it.".He also pointed out there were actually "several thousand" Russian civilians in areas inhabited through Ukrainian soldiers. "In some settlements, there are greater than 100 individuals, much more than 200, greater than 500.".In late August, Russian authorizations said around 20,000 individuals stayed in locations of the Kursk area kept through Ukrainian powers. Generally, more than 150,000 individuals living in areas near the perimeter have been forced to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky likewise declared that Russian strikes aimed at taking back its own region have killed "23 civilians" since completion of August, stating they are "passing away with the Ukrainian military.".Depending on to him, private citizens are actually "certainly not enabled to leave" due to the fact that "the condition needs to be controlled." Having said that, he stated, they are actually made it possible for to "move" the area as well as may "check out each other, consume, collect somewhere, dig whites potato, work in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky stated that civilians may be permitted to leave behind for Russian-controlled region in case Ukraine and also Russia "concur, by means of international institutions that cope with these problems, to open up an eco-friendly corridor under the direction of observers.".Previously today, Kyiv talked to the United Nations and the International Board of the Red Cross to monitor the situation in locations of Russia's Kursk its own forces manage.Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that food is taken in to those locations from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy local administration designates funds for bread on a weekly manner. The armed forces give water, the management give out food items package deals."." Absolutely nothing works there, no outlets, no pharmacy, absolutely nothing," he incorporated.