The movie is about Yarik "Rascal" Godunok, the commander of a volunteer squad in the Russo-Ukrainian War. His small unit held the defense of one of the villages in Kyiv region against Russian troops for almost a month. During this time, he survived many shellings, got wounded several times, and had to overcome the distrust of military officials. One of the neighboring villages was destroyed, and several of his comrades died. In the end, he lived to see the Russian army withdraw in disgrace from the northern parts of Ukraine.