.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the southwestern Kursk location has been actually "stopped," a spokesman coming from Ukraine's armed forces management in the location said to AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Defense Administrative agency said it had actually taken back many communities coming from Ukraine in the Kursk location. Kyiv has thus far hung on to huge swathes of Russian area given that introducing its surprise incursion in early August." They made an effort to attack from the flanks, however they were quit there," spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The scenario was stabilized and also today everything is under control, they were not prosperous.".Having said that, Dmytrashkivsky accepted that Russian powers had observed "some minor results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got in some of the settlement deals. They began fighting for one more negotiation, however that was it.".He additionally said there were "many thousand" Russian civilians in locations inhabited through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlement deals, there are actually greater than one hundred people, much more than 200, more than five hundred.".In late August, Russian authorities mentioned around 20,000 individuals remained in areas of the Kursk region held through Ukrainian powers. On the whole, greater than 150,000 folks residing in areas near the borderline have been actually pushed to vacate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky likewise declared that Russian strikes intended for taking back its territory have actually gotten rid of "23 civilians" because the end of August, mentioning they are actually "dying along with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, private citizens are actually "certainly not permitted to leave behind" since "the circumstance should be actually managed." However, he mentioned, they are actually enabled to "get around" the place and also can "check out each other, eat, gather someplace, dig whites potato, work in the landscape.".Dmytrashkivsky said that civilians can be permitted to leave for Russian-controlled area on the occasion that Ukraine and also Russia "agree, through international organizations that manage these concerns, to open an eco-friendly corridor under the guidance of onlookers.".Previously this week, Kyiv inquired the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to notice the situation in places of Russia's Kursk its own forces manage.Dmytrashkivsky stated that food is taken in to those locations coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy regional management designates funds for breadstuff on an once a week basis. The militaries provide water, the management distribute meals deals."." Nothing works there, no stores, no pharmacy, absolutely nothing," he added.