situation). Two forward-deployed headquarters, one from V Corps (United States), and the capability for one from XVIII Airborne Corps are now positioned in Poznan, Poland, and Wiesbaden, Germany respectively, should any further need arise for a proportionate response to a threat to the member states of NATO. After a NATO meeting on 25 February 2022, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stated that the NATO leadership had agreed to deploy part of the NRF to alliance members in Eastern Europe. Stoltenberg said that Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, currently led by France, would be among the units sent. This was the first time the NRF had been activated. In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the NATO Response Force can activate up to 40,000 troops. Eight of NATO's thirty member nations (as of 24 February 2022) have triggered urgent consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Washington Treaty. In advance of the 2022 Madrid summit, Jens Stoltenberg announced the plan to increase the NRF size to more than 300,000 troops, which was approved during the summit. See also Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) Eurocorps Franco-German Brigade UK Joint Expeditionary Force Notes External links Official Article on NATO Response Force critical NATO Review article Ukraine's MFA article NRF Factsheet The NATO Response Force – Facilitating coalition warfare through technology transfer and information sharing NATO Military units and formations established in 2003