Russia ready to deliver preventive strikes at terrorists' bases

Russia is ready to deliver preventive strikes at terrorists' bases the world over, chief of the General Staff Yuri Baluyevsky stated on Wednesday.

"As for preventive strikes at terrorists' bases, we'll certainly take all actions to eliminate terrorists' bases in any region of the world," Baluyevsky told reporters after a meeting with NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Jones.

"It does not mean that we'll deliver nuclear strikes," he noted, the choice of means of destruction will depend on the situation in a given region.

Source: Itar-Tass