Sasha returns to the location of the military base, he and Sergei have a fight due to the fact that the second is indifferent to the grief of others. Later, Matyushin informs Sasha that he can go home due to his shell shock. In addition, they need to figure out who brought the suicide bomber on him. Sasha is not going to leave for Moscow, he asks the lieutenant colonel to give him a new experienced guide who has no family.
Sergei and Kerim track down the next target and transmit coordinates for their destruction. However, this turns out to be planned by Maksud. Sergei's tip declassifies their location, and the sheikh gathers all his forces to block their exit from the zone. Sasha, seeing that his comrades were trapped, decides to slightly adjust the blow so that Sergei and Kerim have a corridor to escape. The plan works, they manage to evacuate from the point of attack, but Sasha, realizing his hopeless situation, asks Matyushin for "air" so that he does not have to surrender to the enemy.