.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the south western Kursk region has been actually "stopped," a speaker coming from Ukraine's military management in the location said to AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Protection Department stated it had actually taken back numerous communities from Ukraine in the Kursk location. Kyiv has actually thus far held on to huge swathes of Russian territory due to the fact that releasing its own surprise attack in early August." They attempted to strike coming from the flanks, however they were actually stopped there," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky informed AFP. "The scenario was actually maintained and also today every thing is actually controlled, they were certainly not prosperous.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky accepted that Russian forces had found "some slight effectiveness" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered into among the settlement deals. They began defending an additional settlement, yet that was it.".He likewise pointed out there were actually "a number of thousand" Russian civilians in regions taken up through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlements, there are greater than 100 people, greater than 200, much more than five hundred.".In overdue August, Russian authorities said around 20,000 folks stayed in areas of the Kursk region stored by Ukrainian powers. Overall, greater than 150,000 folks staying in neighborhoods near the perimeter have been actually forced to leave their homes.Dmytrashkivsky likewise declared that Russian strikes targeted at taking back its own territory have actually killed "23 civilians" because the end of August, saying they are actually "passing away with the Ukrainian military.".Depending on to him, civilians are "not made it possible for to leave behind" due to the fact that "the condition must be managed." However, he stated, they are actually permitted to "move around" the region as well as can "check out one another, consume, compile somewhere, dig potatoes, do work in the backyard.".Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that civilians may be enabled to leave for Russian-controlled region on the occasion that Ukraine and also Russia "concur, through global organizations that handle these problems, to open an eco-friendly corridor under the guidance of observers.".Previously this week, Kyiv inquired the United Nations and also the International Committee of the Red Cross to notice the scenario in locations of Russia's Kursk its troops regulate.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that food items is actually carried right into those areas coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy local administration assigns funds for breadstuff on an every week manner. The armies give water, the management give out food packages."." Absolutely nothing operates there certainly, no shops, no pharmacy, nothing," he included.