During the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, film director Oleh Sentsov joined the Ukrainian Defence Forces. In his role as an army lieutenant, he took part in a number of intensive battles - and during one, his BMP was destroyed by Russian artillery. In the aftermath, he  became embedded in nearby trenches and tried to organize via radio the evacuation of part of his unit. All the while his men were under  consistent attack, and eventually ran out of ammunition, making their evacuation all the more urgent. This military event on the Ukrainian-Russian front line positions was given the code name Real. This is the name of the film.