1944. In Western Ukraine, a Banderite group controlled by the Abwehr is actively operating. Rampant nationalists are terrorizing the peaceful population, carrying out raids in the rear of the advancing Red Army. To eliminate the gang, Captain SMERSH Timofey Romantsev is sent into the Lviv area. He devises a plan to capture the OUN leader Ostap Gomula, hoping that this will put an end to the bloody lawlessness. But at the last moment it turns out that Gomula is only the executor, while the true mastermind walks nearby with impunity…