Film is being made about the tragic death of pilot Oleg Peshkov, whose plane was shot down by a Turkish air force fighter five years ago in Syria. This is the first feature film about the operation of a Russian military group in this country, the first film about a modern Hero of Russia and the first shot on the territory of a middle Eastern country where fighting is still ongoing.

The idea of the film, its characters, the role of Vladimir Putin and filming in the Syrian Arab Republic were told to TASS by the creators of the film — Inessa Yurchenko, General producer of Triiks Media, and Igor Kopylov, screenwriter and Director. Read more here.