In 2017, the quiet city of Serpukhov near Moscow finds itself in the center of public attention due to the bloody massacre of Dmitry Grachev over his young wife Margarita, who for many years to come will be remembered as "the girl whose husband cut off her hands with an axe."
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.