Russia is ready: Putin warns his men could use MORE military might to destroy ISIS jihadis
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has warned his armed forces are ready to use "more military means" to obliterate Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria as his fight against the terror group rages on.
By Levi Winchester
PUBLISHED: 00:00, Sat, Dec 19, 2015 | UPDATED: 20:46, Sat, Dec 19, 2015
This week the iron-fisted leader ramped up his anti-terror crusade as he launched a huge crackdown on ISIS recruiters by calling in his feared secret service to round up thousands of jihadis.
I want to stress that these are by far not all of our capabilities
Vladimir Putin
Moscow has identified more than 2,900 of its own citizens suspected of joining ISIS and other radical Islamist groups, and is actively hunting them down both at home and abroad.
In contrast it emerged just hours before that overwhelmed British security services are allowing our homegrown jihadis to leave freely, deciding it is safer to get them out of the country than keep tabs on them.
This month saw Britain answer a rally cry from world leaders after MPs voted in favour at the House of Commons of extending air strikes from Iraq into Syria.
Just a week after the historic vote, Prime Minster David Cameron spoke on the phone with President Putin, and the political pair pledged to work together to finally destroy ISIS.
Russia has been conducting daily airstrikes in Syria since September 30.
However, the US has accused Russia of only looking to prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime by bombing Syria - rather than tackling terror.
Russia hit back by rubbishing the claims and retaliated by branding the US "short-sighted and weak".
Last month an Express.co.uk poll revealed the Russian crusade in Syria has the support of more than two thirds of Britons.
More than 27,000 people voted in the Express.co.uk poll with 71 per cent saying they "support Vladimir Putin's bombing campaign in Syria".
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/628167/Vladimir-Putin-Russia-Islamic-State-Syria-daesh-military-power