Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer sees the player back on the islands, only this time as Dimitri Lukin of the Soviet force. Dimitri is a tough Soviet career soldier - a highly trained professional killer but one who has suffered demotion in recent times. More ruthless and menacing than the raw American recruits, who populated the original game, Dimitri starts as a grunt as the invasion of Everon Island begins.
Loyal to the cause and to Mother Russia, his early missions have him escorting General Guba's aide Angelina and fighting his way out when ambushed by Resistance forces. During the subsequent invasion of Malden Island, Dimitri finds himself cut off, behind enemy lines.