From 26 May to 9 June, the Immediate Response 25 exercise will be held at Krivolak Training Area (KTA).
Immediate Response 25, bringing together 2,220 members of nine armies from seven NATO members and two partner countries, represents the second stage of the Defender 2025 multinational exercise, which aims to improve readiness, interoperability, and deterrence abilities of NATO Allies and partners.
North Macedonia’s Army has the most participants, 950, followed by the Vermont National Guard (710), Montenegro (185), Kosovo (150), Austria (70), Greece (50), Italy and Albania (30 each), and the UK (two).