1946, Lviv. The SMERSH captain Alexei Kravets has been appointed head of the local district department of the Ministry of State Security (MGB). The main task for the operatives remains the same: to eliminate nationalist gangs. Among them is Alexei’s personal enemy, Nestor Babula. Again houses of peaceful Ukrainians and Poles are burning, again blood is being spilled. The captain is preparing a decisive operation to wipe out the bandits. But seasoned Babula is on guard. A trap he set off works—wounded Kravets is captured by the Bandera men. The hour of retribution has come—only one question remains: who will manage to shoot first…