"By the Laws of War" is a Russian-Ukrainian joint production series that tells the story of the challenging everyday life of military justice in the Red Army on the Soviet-German front during World War II. In each season, prosecutor Ivan Rokotov and investigator Svetlana Elagina from Dnipro have to unravel complex cases both in the rear and on the front lines of defending their homeland. The personal lives of the main characters add depth to their daily routines and allow us to see beyond the surface of a living person.