.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held area in the south western Kursk region has been "stopped," a speaker from Ukraine's military management in the area informed AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Protection Administrative agency claimed it had actually retaken numerous communities coming from Ukraine in the Kursk region. Kyiv has so far hung on to sizable swathes of Russian region given that launching its surprise attack in early August." They attempted to assault coming from the flanks, however they were actually stopped there certainly," speaker Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said to AFP. "The situation was maintained as well as today everything is controlled, they were actually not prosperous.".Having said that, Dmytrashkivsky acknowledged that Russian powers had actually found "some minor excellence" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered some of the settlements. They began fighting for an additional settlement, yet that was it.".He likewise stated there were actually "many 1000" Russian private citizens in places inhabited by Ukrainian soldiers. "In some negotiations, there are actually more than one hundred folks, much more than 200, more than 500.".In late August, Russian authorizations stated around 20,000 individuals continued to be in areas of the Kursk location stored through Ukrainian powers. Generally, more than 150,000 individuals living in communities near the border have been obliged to evacuate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally claimed that Russian strikes intended for taking back its own region have killed "23 civilians" because completion of August, mentioning they are "dying with the Ukrainian armed force.".According to him, private citizens are "not permitted to leave" considering that "the scenario needs to be actually handled." However, he claimed, they are actually made it possible for to "move" the area and also may "explore one another, consume, compile someplace, dig potatoes, do work in the garden.".Dmytrashkivsky said that private citizens might be permitted to leave for Russian-controlled region in the event that Ukraine as well as Russia "agree, with international organizations that handle these issues, to open an eco-friendly hallway under the guidance of observers.".Earlier today, Kyiv talked to the United Nations and the International Board of the Red Cross to observe the condition in regions of Russia's Kursk its forces control.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that meals is actually brought right into those regions coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy area. "The Sumy regional administration allots funds for breadstuff on an once a week manner. The armed forces provide water, the administration give out food items package deals."." Nothing works there, no stores, no drug store, absolutely nothing," he included.