The three main characters are: Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Soshnikov (
Igor Petrenko), Captain Konstantin Muravyov (
Ivan Batarev), and
Major Vadim Zakharov (
Sergey Gubanov). Three different characters, three different fates, which are destined to converge at the
Khmeimim Air Base.
The film is based on events in the lives of aviators
Oleg Peshkov and Konstantin Murakhtin: on November 24, 2015, during a combat flight, their Russian
Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish fighter in northern Syria. Peshkov and Murakhtin ejected, but Peshkov was still shot by rebels in the air.[4]
Konstantin Murakhtin, who survived, was awarded the
Order of Courage.
Plot
The film is about three Russian Officers with different backgrounds, who converge at the Khmeimim military base, involved with the shootdown of a Russian Su-24 by a Turkish F-16 over Turko-Syrian airspace in 2015, and the rescue of the crew shortly after.[5]
The first teaser trailer for Mission "Sky" was released on August 23, 2021.[7]
Theatrical
The pre-premiere screening of the film took place on November 14, 2021 in
Saint Petersburg. The first spectators were officers of the
6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces, cadets of military educational institutions, servicemen of the military police, filmmakers, heads of veteran organizations and military patriotic clubs.[8]
Mission "Sky" premiered at the Karo 11 October cinema center in
Moscow on November 17, 2021. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the
Russian Federation on November 18, 2021 by
Central Partnership.