The first part of the three-volume book "On the Shield" recreates in the stories the formation of the Ukrainian army in the conditions of enemy invasion and separatist movement. The names of the first victims of the "Hail", in a plane or helicopter, "in armor" or "on streamers", on the mound Savur-grave, at Lugansk airport or in the insidious "green corridor" Ilovaisk already belong to recent history. Memories of the fallen Ukrainian soldiers who defended our land in the first days, weeks, months and years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, collected and artistically adapted - is a need of human memory, the memory of the heart of the unforgettable. This is the constant pain of the living, their longing for the lost, as well as reminders of civilians who paid the highest price for their peace and well-being.
The publication uses photographs from family archives.