.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the north western Kursk region has actually been "stopped," a representative from Ukraine's military administration in the area told AFP Wednesday.Earlier, Russia's Self defense Ministry claimed it had actually retaken several villages from Ukraine in the Kursk area. Kyiv has so far hung on to huge swathes of Russian territory because releasing its own unpleasant surprise incursion in early August." They made an effort to strike coming from the flanks, yet they were actually ceased there," spokesperson Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky informed AFP. "The circumstance was maintained as well as today whatever is under control, they were actually not productive.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian forces had actually seen "some small results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians entered into one of the negotiations. They started fighting for another resolution, but that was it.".He additionally pointed out there were actually "a number of many thousand" Russian private citizens in locations taken up through Ukrainian soldiers. "In some negotiations, there are actually much more than one hundred folks, greater than 200, more than five hundred.".In late August, Russian authorizations claimed around 20,000 folks continued to be in areas of the Kursk location held by Ukrainian forces. On the whole, more than 150,000 folks residing in neighborhoods near the border have been actually forced to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky likewise professed that Russian strikes focused on taking back its own region have actually eliminated "23 civilians" given that the end of August, claiming they are actually "dying along with the Ukrainian armed force.".According to him, private citizens are actually "not enabled to leave behind" since "the situation needs to be regulated." Nevertheless, he stated, they are actually enabled to "walk around" the area and can "visit one another, consume, gather someplace, dig whites potato, work in the backyard.".Dmytrashkivsky stated that private citizens may be allowed to leave behind for Russian-controlled area in the event that Ukraine as well as Russia "concur, by means of worldwide organizations that manage these issues, to open a green corridor 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 regions of Russia's Kursk its forces control.Dmytrashkivsky said that food is actually delivered into those locations from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy location. "The Sumy regional management designates funds for breadstuff on an once a week basis. The armies provide water, the management give out meals package deals."." Nothing functions there certainly, no outlets, no drug store, nothing," he included.