Herman Serzhanov

The events in the series begin in September 2021. Cadets enroll at the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and meet their strict mentor, ATO hero Ivan Krynitsky. He senses that a large-scale war is about to break out in the country and, from the very first minute, begins to train the cadets not in a comfortable classroom, but on the training ground.

Yaroslav lives with his girlfriend in Kyiv and rarely calls his family in the temporarily occupied territory. For a short time, they gather in one house and try to make sense of the changes and tensions that have built up between their brief meetings.