.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the southwestern Kursk location has been "stopped," a spokesman coming from Ukraine's military management in the location said to AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Defense Department mentioned it had taken back several communities from Ukraine in the Kursk location. Kyiv has thus far hung on to sizable swathes of Russian area due to the fact that introducing its shock incursion in very early August." They made an effort to strike from the flanks, yet they were stopped there," spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky informed AFP. "The situation was actually stabilized and also today everything is actually in control, they were actually certainly not effective.".However, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian forces had found "some small effectiveness" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians got in some of the settlement deals. They began fighting for one more settlement deal, yet that was it.".He also said there were actually "many thousand" Russian private citizens in places occupied by Ukrainian soldiers. "In some resolutions, there are greater than one hundred folks, greater than 200, greater than five hundred.".In overdue August, Russian authorities stated around 20,000 individuals remained in areas of the Kursk area held by Ukrainian powers. In general, more than 150,000 individuals residing in areas near the edge have been obliged to leave their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally claimed that Russian strikes targeted at repossessing its area have actually gotten rid of "23 civilians" given that completion of August, saying they are actually "dying with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, civilians are actually "not allowed to leave behind" because "the circumstance needs to be actually controlled." Having said that, he stated, they are allowed to "move around" the place as well as can easily "check out one another, eat, acquire somewhere, dig potatoes, work in the backyard.".Dmytrashkivsky claimed that private citizens could be allowed to leave for Russian-controlled region in the event that Ukraine as well as Russia "acknowledge, via international organizations that cope with these problems, to open up a green corridor under the guidance of onlookers.".Earlier recently, Kyiv asked the United Nations as well as the International Committee of the Reddish Cross to note the circumstance in places of Russia's Kursk its own forces handle.Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that food items is actually delivered right into those areas coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy area. "The Sumy local management designates funds for bread on a regular basis. The armed forces offer water, the management give away food plans."." Nothing at all functions certainly there, no outlets, no drug store, nothing at all," he included.