.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the southwestern Kursk region has been "stopped," a spokesman coming from Ukraine's army administration in the area told AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Protection Ministry stated it had retaken a number of towns from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has thus far hung on to sizable swathes of Russian region given that releasing its unpleasant surprise attack in early August." They attempted to assault coming from the flanks, yet they were stopped certainly there," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said to AFP. "The condition was supported and today whatever is actually controlled, they were certainly not successful.".Nevertheless, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian forces had observed "some minor results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians went into one of the negotiations. They started fighting for one more resolution, however that was it.".He likewise said there were "numerous many thousand" Russian civilians in locations occupied by Ukrainian soldiers. "In some resolutions, there are actually more than one hundred people, greater than 200, greater than 500.".In late August, Russian authorizations said around 20,000 people continued to be in locations of the Kursk area held by Ukrainian forces. Overall, more than 150,000 folks staying in communities near the borderline have actually been obliged to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also professed that Russian strikes targeted at repossessing its region have gotten rid of "23 civilians" since completion of August, claiming they are actually "perishing with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, civilians are actually "not made it possible for to leave" given that "the situation has to be actually managed." Having said that, he said, they are actually made it possible for to "walk around" the location as well as may "visit each other, eat, collect someplace, dig whites potato, work in the yard.".Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that civilians could be enabled to leave behind for Russian-controlled territory in case Ukraine and also Russia "agree, through international associations that take care of these problems, to open an environment-friendly corridor under the supervision of observers.".Previously today, Kyiv asked the United Nations and also the International Board of the Reddish Cross to monitor the condition in areas of Russia's Kursk its own troops regulate.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that meals is actually taken in to those locations from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy area. "The Sumy regional administration assigns funds for bread on a regular basis. The militaries provide water, the administration give away food deals."." Nothing works there, no stores, no pharmacy, nothing at all," he added.