A U.S.-led multi-national military exercise involving 26000 troops from 26 nations will kick off on April 22.
This annual, nearly two-month long exercise will stretch across 10 European countries.
Nearly 9,000 American troops are expected to participate in the Defender 23 exercise, Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said during a briefing at the Pentagon.
In addition to the United States, troops from Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom will all take part in the military drill.
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