.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the north western Kursk area has actually been actually "stopped," a spokesman from Ukraine's army management in the region informed AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Self defense Administrative agency claimed it had actually taken back many villages from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has thus far held on to huge swathes of Russian area given that introducing its own surprise attack in early August." They tried to strike coming from the flanks, but they were actually quit there," speaker Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said to AFP. "The circumstance was actually maintained as well as today every little thing is in control, they were certainly not prosperous.".However, Dmytrashkivsky accepted that Russian pressures had observed "some slight results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered into one of the settlement deals. They started fighting for another settlement deal, however that was it.".He likewise mentioned there were "many many thousand" Russian civilians in areas occupied through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlements, there are actually much more than one hundred individuals, greater than 200, much more than 500.".In late August, Russian authorizations stated around 20,000 individuals continued to be in regions of the Kursk area kept by Ukrainian pressures. Generally, greater than 150,000 people residing in communities near the border have been actually pushed to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally asserted that Russian strikes aimed at taking back its territory have gotten rid of "23 private citizens" considering that the end of August, mentioning they are "perishing with the Ukrainian armed force.".Depending on to him, private citizens are actually "not made it possible for to leave" considering that "the scenario must be actually handled." Nevertheless, he stated, they are allowed to "move" the place and also can "see each other, consume, gather somewhere, dig potatoes, do work in the backyard.".Dmytrashkivsky claimed that private citizens can be made it possible for to leave behind for Russian-controlled territory in the event that Ukraine and also Russia "concur, through worldwide associations that handle these problems, to open an environment-friendly hallway under the supervision of viewers.".Earlier this week, Kyiv asked the United Nations as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross to monitor the circumstance in areas of Russia's Kursk its own forces handle.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that food is taken right into those locations coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy local management allocates funds for bread on a weekly manner. The armed forces supply water, the management give away food items packages."." Nothing works there, no shops, no drug store, nothing at all," he added.