Olha Klymenko

The Ukrainian chaplain trying to get out of the Donbas gray area, stumbles upon a shot convoy of separatists, where he encounters a mortally wounded mercenary and is faced with a choice - to help or continue to flee, but suddenly inadvertently steps on an antipersonnel mine.

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge.

대대로 카르파티아 산맥에서 부락을 이루고 살아가던 투클리아 마을. 막심와 아이반 형제는 사냥을 하며 평화로운 일상을 보낸다. 그러던 어느날 투가르 볼크라는 마을의 통치권을 주장하는 인물이 등장하며 마을은 혼란에 빠지게 된다.

전쟁의 전략적 요충지이자 반드시 지켜야 하는 최후의 보루 ‘도네츠크 공항’ 공항 사수를 위해 특수부대를 급파하지만 적들의 기습으로 인해 대원 대부분을 잃게 되고, 생존자는 고작 특수부대 7명뿐! 싸늘한 공기가 흐르는 전쟁의 한복판 속 모든 것이 혼란스러운 특수부대! 무자비한 적들의 몰아치는 공격과 폭탄 세례로 공항은 폐허가 되고, 특수부대는 열세에 몰리게 되는데… 더 이상 물러설 수도, 포기할 수도 없다! 반드시 지켜야 한다! 242일간의 길고도 치열한 전투, 그들은 공항을 지켜낼 수 있을까?

A man with a stack of pulp fiction arrives in a village in the Poltava region. Locals know that his name is Slavik, that he comes from Russia, and that he doesn't drink alcohol. Otherwise, he's just like anybody else. He's just a mediocre person. He meets a bright personality in the village. She's a widow called Nina, a local producer of moonshine. Nina is about 20 years older than him. She has a past, she's nervous, but her charisma and vitality attract people. Slavik was also attracted by this. It wasn't easy for them to be together. She loved with passion and was jealous. She wanted him to dig potatoes, not to read, and to booze with her. He learned how to do only the last thing. He had thought he would spend a winter with her and then leave. But no way. Slavik returned to Nina many times as if he was tied to her with some invisible threads. He can't explain his affection for her by anything other than mysticism.