.Russia's counteroffensive to retake Ukrainian-held region in the south western Kursk location has been actually "stopped," a spokesman coming from Ukraine's military management in the area informed AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Protection Department mentioned it had actually retaken a number of communities coming from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has so far held on to big swathes of Russian area given that releasing its surprise attack in very early August." They tried to assault from the flanks, however they were actually quit there certainly," spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The scenario was actually maintained and also today everything is actually in control, they were certainly not productive.".Nevertheless, Dmytrashkivsky acknowledged that Russian pressures had seen "some slight results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got in one of the resolutions. They began fighting for one more resolution, but that was it.".He additionally stated there were "numerous thousand" Russian civilians in locations occupied through Ukrainian troops. "In some resolutions, there are much more than 100 individuals, greater than 200, greater than 500.".In late August, Russian authorizations stated around 20,000 people continued to be in locations of the Kursk area stored by Ukrainian powers. Overall, much more than 150,000 folks living in areas near the perimeter have actually been obliged to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also professed that Russian strikes aimed at repossessing its region have actually killed "23 civilians" due to the fact that the end of August, saying they are actually "perishing with the Ukrainian armed force.".Depending on to him, civilians are "certainly not made it possible for to leave" because "the circumstance needs to be actually controlled." However, he said, they are actually allowed to "get around" the location as well as may "visit each other, eat, compile someplace, dig potatoes, work in the yard.".Dmytrashkivsky pointed out that civilians may be permitted to leave behind for Russian-controlled region in the event that Ukraine and also Russia "concur, via global associations that cope with these problems, to open up an environment-friendly passage under the guidance of onlookers.".Previously this week, Kyiv inquired the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to notice the scenario in areas of Russia's Kursk its forces manage.Dmytrashkivsky said that food is taken into those places coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy local management designates funds for breadstuff on a weekly basis. The militaries give water, the administration give out food items deals."." Nothing works there, no outlets, no pharmacy, nothing at all," he added.