MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. Talk of freezing the Ukrainian conflict stems from the fact that the strategic initiative on the battlefield rests with Russia, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin told reporters following the 20th meeting of the heads of security and intelligence agencies of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.

"Such discussions in Western capitals are related to the fact that the strategic initiative on the battlefield fully belongs to the Russian army," the SVR chief said, replying to a question from TASS.

"Of course, in Western capitals, they have indeed stopped thinking about strategically defeating Russia and shifted to thinking about how to avoid such a defeat themselves and, if possible, retain the Russophobic, neo-Nazi regime in Kiev," Naryshkin concluded.