.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held region in the north western Kursk location has actually been "ceased," a speaker from Ukraine's army management in the area told AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Defense Ministry said it had actually retaken a number of villages from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has actually so far held on to large swathes of Russian territory because introducing its surprise attack in early August." They attempted to strike coming from the flanks, however they were actually stopped there," representative Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The circumstance was supported and also today every little thing is actually under control, they were not successful.".However, Dmytrashkivsky acknowledged that Russian forces had found "some slight results" along with their counteroffensive. "The Russians went into among the resolutions. They started fighting for yet another resolution, but that was it.".He also stated there were "numerous many thousand" Russian private citizens in areas taken up through Ukrainian troops. "In some settlement deals, there are more than 100 folks, more than 200, greater than five hundred.".In overdue August, Russian authorizations pointed out around 20,000 people stayed in areas of the Kursk location held by Ukrainian forces. In general, much more than 150,000 individuals residing in communities near the edge have been actually required to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky additionally stated that Russian strikes focused on taking back its area have actually eliminated "23 civilians" due to the fact that the end of August, saying they are "dying along with the Ukrainian military.".According to him, private citizens are "certainly not permitted to leave behind" since "the condition must be actually controlled." Nevertheless, he mentioned, they are permitted to "get around" the place as well as may "see each other, eat, compile someplace, dig potatoes, function in the backyard.".Dmytrashkivsky stated that civilians may be enabled to leave for Russian-controlled area in case Ukraine as well as Russia "concur, by means of international institutions that deal with these problems, to open an environment-friendly passage under the supervision of observers.".Earlier recently, Kyiv talked to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to note the scenario in regions of Russia's Kursk its troops manage.Dmytrashkivsky claimed that meals is actually delivered into those areas from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy local management allocates funds for breadstuff on an every week basis. The militaries offer water, the management distribute food deals."." Absolutely nothing operates there, no stores, no pharmacy, nothing," he added.