Vadym Yermolenko

Ukraine, 1919. The friendship of two boys, Anton and Jacob, one Christian, the other Jewish, manages to survive the prejudices and hatred that dominate the minds of adults in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

Several times a month, Andriy boards a train and travels to the war zone. This journey to the front line involves Andriy delivering a guidance system he designed himself to tank crews and artillery units. At the same time, it is a journey into the past. Andriy, then an ordinary civilian, took part in the defense of the Luhansk and Donetsk airports. He was seriously wounded, and the struggle for the country's independence became his life's goal. But his life is forever connected with the part of our country where he is headed — THE EAST.