Ilya Pushkarev is expelled from university and drafted into the army. The former student ends up in an army special forces unit and is sent to serve in the North Caucasus. The first operations of the special-purpose detachment are carried out cleanly, without losses—but soon luck turns away from the fighters: they run into an ambush. All of Pushkarev’s comrades die; he himself is wounded and captured. Ilya doesn’t lose heart and doesn’t even form an escape plan. He prepares to fight the enemy. His goal is to destroy the militants’ hideout from the inside.