.Russia's counteroffensive to take back Ukrainian-held territory in the north western Kursk location has been actually "ceased," a representative from Ukraine's army management in the area said to AFP Wednesday.Previously, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it had retaken many villages from Ukraine in the Kursk region. Kyiv has so far hung on to large swathes of Russian area considering that launching its surprise attack in very early August." They made an effort to attack coming from the flanks, but they were stopped certainly there," spokesperson Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP. "The situation was stabilized and also today whatever is under control, they were actually certainly not productive.".Nonetheless, Dmytrashkivsky admitted that Russian powers had actually viewed "some slight results" with their counteroffensive. "The Russians went into some of the settlement deals. They started fighting for an additional settlement deal, yet that was it.".He likewise pointed out there were "many thousand" Russian civilians in places taken up through Ukrainian soldiers. "In some negotiations, there are actually greater than one hundred folks, greater than 200, more than 500.".In overdue August, Russian authorities mentioned around 20,000 people remained in areas of the Kursk location held through Ukrainian forces. Overall, greater than 150,000 folks residing in areas near the border have been pushed to expel their homes.Dmytrashkivsky also claimed that Russian strikes targeted at reclaiming its own area have gotten rid of "23 private citizens" due to the fact that completion of August, saying they are actually "perishing with the Ukrainian armed force.".Depending on to him, civilians are "not permitted to leave behind" given that "the circumstance needs to be actually managed." Nonetheless, he claimed, they are enabled to "walk around" the location as well as may "check out one another, consume, gather someplace, dig whites potato, do work in the yard.".Dmytrashkivsky mentioned that civilians can be permitted to leave behind for Russian-controlled region on the occasion that Ukraine and also Russia "concede, via worldwide associations that handle these concerns, to open up an eco-friendly hallway under the oversight of observers.".Earlier this week, Kyiv asked the United Nations and also the International Board of the Reddish Cross to monitor the circumstance in regions of Russia's Kursk its own troops manage.Dmytrashkivsky said that meals is actually taken in to those regions coming from northeastern Ukraine's Sumy region. "The Sumy local administration allots funds for bread on an every week basis. The militaries offer water, the administration distribute food items deals."." Absolutely nothing works certainly there, no shops, no pharmacy, nothing," he incorporated.