.Russia's counteroffensive to retake Ukrainian-held territory in the south western Kursk location has been "stopped," a speaker coming from Ukraine's armed forces administration in the region told AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Self defense Ministry mentioned it had taken back a number of villages from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has so far held on to big swathes of Russian region considering that introducing its own surprise incursion in early August." They attempted to strike from the flanks, yet they were quit there certainly," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said to AFP. "The situation was supported and also today every thing is actually controlled, they were actually certainly not prosperous.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky confessed that Russian powers had seen "some minor results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered one of the settlement deals. They began defending yet another resolution, however that was it.".He additionally claimed there were actually "numerous many thousand" Russian civilians in areas occupied through Ukrainian soldiers. "In some resolutions, there are actually more than one hundred folks, greater than 200, greater than five hundred.".In late August, Russian authorities stated around 20,000 people continued to be in locations of the Kursk location kept by Ukrainian forces. Generally, more than 150,000 individuals residing in communities near the borderline have actually been actually compelled to vacate their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally claimed that Russian strikes aimed at reclaiming its territory have gotten rid of "23 civilians" since the end of August, saying they are actually "passing away with the Ukrainian armed force.".Depending on to him, civilians are "not enabled to leave behind" considering that "the scenario should be handled." Having said that, he claimed, they are permitted to "walk around" the place as well as may "explore each other, consume, compile somewhere, dig whites potato, function in the garden.".Dmytrashkivsky said that private citizens could be allowed to leave behind for Russian-controlled region in the event that Ukraine and Russia "concur, through global organizations that manage these issues, to open an environment-friendly passage under the supervision of observers.".Previously today, Kyiv asked the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to monitor the circumstance in locations of Russia's Kursk its own forces handle.Dmytrashkivsky said that food is carried right into those areas from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy local administration allocates funds for bread on a regular manner. The armed forces deliver water, the management distribute meals packages."." Nothing at all functions certainly there, no stores, no drug store, nothing," he included.