NATO Slovakia Multinational Battlegroup Holds Exercise

LEST, SLOVAKIA - FEBRUARY 16: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the Slovak military comes in over Boxer multirole armoured fighting vehicles of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, as part of military exercises of the NATO multinational battlegroup based in Slovakia during a media day on February 16, 2023 at Lest, Slovakia. The Slovakia battlegroup includes troops from the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia and the United States. NATO established multinational battlegroups in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine last year. Today's exercise is taking place as international defence leaders begin to gather in Germany for the Munich Security Conference (MSC), which begins tomorrow and will be heavily focused on Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)