“SELAMAT pagi (good morning).” The greeting came from Mantra, a Ukrainian soldier, when meeting with Tempo at a military training location in southern England on Friday, December 1. Mantra is one of around 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by military personnel from 11 countries under the Interflex program to face the Russia-Ukraine war.

Like many other Ukrainians, Mantra’s life changed drastically since the Russian invasio