.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the southwestern Kursk region has been "stopped," a speaker coming from Ukraine's military management in the location said to AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Defense Ministry stated it had actually retaken many villages from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has actually so far held on to sizable swathes of Russian region considering that introducing its own unpleasant surprise attack in very early August." They tried to attack from the flanks, but they were actually ceased there certainly," speaker Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky informed AFP. "The scenario was stabilized and today every thing is under control, they were actually not successful.".Having said that, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian pressures had seen "some minor excellence" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered one of the settlement deals. They started defending yet another settlement deal, yet that was it.".He also mentioned there were actually "numerous thousand" Russian private citizens in areas inhabited through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlements, there are actually greater than 100 people, greater than 200, more than 500.".In late August, Russian authorities stated around 20,000 individuals stayed in places of the Kursk region kept by Ukrainian pressures. In general, more than 150,000 individuals staying in communities near the edge have been compelled to evacuate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally stated that Russian strikes focused on repossessing its region have actually killed "23 civilians" given that completion of August, saying they are actually "perishing with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, civilians are actually "not allowed to leave" because "the circumstance has to be managed." Having said that, he mentioned, they are actually made it possible for to "walk around" the place and also can easily "visit each other, eat, acquire somewhere, dig whites potato, function in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky claimed that civilians may be enabled to leave for Russian-controlled territory in case Ukraine as well as Russia "acknowledge, with international institutions that deal with these problems, to open an eco-friendly corridor under the guidance of onlookers.".Earlier today, Kyiv inquired the United Nations and also the International Committee of the Reddish Cross to observe the condition in places of Russia's Kursk its troops handle.Dmytrashkivsky said that food items is carried right into those places coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy regional management allots funds for breadstuff on a weekly basis. The militaries provide water, the administration hand over meals package deals."." Nothing at all operates there, no shops, no drug store, nothing," he included.