Gently Used Lada

[image] $LADA is going to the Kramatorsk area... so where is Kramatorsk and what's the significance of it? Lets look at a map! Basically, Kramatorsk (along with Sloviansk) is a major center of operations because in 2022 it was a ~150,000 person city, with

[video] I wanted to show you a video I made during the last delivery to the Kramatorsk area, area showing the status of the L200 4x4 I delivered in March. I can't tell you where exactly I was for security reasons. But I can tell you we were only a few hundred meters away from where the

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[image] We're almost up to $30k funds raised! was just talking to Flash Battalion and they have a different partially funded fundraiser for a vehicle. So it looks like first step will be to take $4k of the funds raised and finish off that fundraiser; I'll drive that vehicle in first.

[image] First funds spent from the $LADA donations! Flash Battalion had a @carforukraine fundraiser that was €3885.45 short of its €11,000 initial goal to buy a truck. If all goes well the truck will be ready in a week or two, and I'll drive it to Kramatorsk myself. We decided to go

[image] I was hoping to raise $400 to get a soldier paid back for a vehicle he purchased... But now...

[video] I spent all day filming with the civilian volunteer anti-air unit that $LADA donated an attack simulator and laptop too. It'll take me a bit to publish that footage. But in the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy this video of a Ukrainian F-16 flying past us! The simulator is really

[video] The memes are a lot of fun. But it's worth remembering this is the evil we're up against. I'm should have some news tomorrow!

[text] Just spent two hours trying to figure out how to transfer 11,000 EUR to a charity to buy a truck for UA. Fiat fucking sucks. Even with three different options for who to actually send the money to, in three different Western countries, sending the money was impossible. Never

[text] Part 1 of my Kramatorsk trip write-up: Part 2 is coming... I've got a lot more to say about the state of Kramatorsk and the threats facing the population there. A lot has changed in the past weeks. $LADA 25JUPL6ksapY1iCLWkFcSaXaA6Ar3W7JDCdPjeSApump

[image] Unfortunately the Toyota Hilux got destroyed by a Russian fiber drone. The important thing is the armor worked, and everyone in it got out with minor injuries – they didn't have to leave the combat zone for treatment, and are back doing missions. Let's get them a new truck! The

[video] Sneak peak from the upcoming Kramatorsk Part 2 report: we were delivering some supplies to some front line soldiers, and found a $LADA! Also... do you know why we were happy it was raining?

[video] ...and we got their $LADA fixed! I just sent the mechanic 2500UAH/56USD for his labor. Apparently they could use a brake repair too; we'll cover that as well. But it moves at least!

[image] Remember the supermarket at the bus station at the end of my Kramatorsk article? The one with boarded up windows, spray painted "we working" to let people know they were actually still open for business? Fucking Russians blew it up today with glide bombs. Pure evil cunts.

[text] Part 2 is up!

[video] Unboxing video: @sean_in_kyiv puts the training simulator $LADA bought on the AA gun, and explains how it works. Clever design: since these AA guns are aimed by video anyway, it's just a tablet connected to a switch (for the trigger) and an IMU, held to the gun with magnets.

[video] Lukianivka subway station right now, Kyiv. Biggest missile attack I've seen myself. Maybe the biggest of the war. (we've had bigger shahed attacks) I can't show you photos, because military secrecy. But the sunrise is oddly beautiful right now, mixed with all plumes of smoke.

[image] One of the funnier things to happen because of this war is that you can now get VIP pickup service at previously obscure shithole train stations like Chelm, Poland. 😂 (gonna try to finish off my Kramatorsk part 2 article on the train to Warsaw!)

[image] The 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment already made use of our $500 donation to take down a Russian shahed! This is the image the @wilendhornets interceptor drone captured just before impact, on June 15th during the massive Russian drone and missile attack. The same one where

[video] That's exactly the bridge that the $LADA Toyota Hilux truck got driven over, on the way to Kramatorsk. Also, same bridge I drove the Ford Transit van over. Hopefully they build a bypass soon – that's an important bridge.

[video] My interview with @sean_in_kyiv, one of the volunteers at the the civilian anti-air unit that $LADA donated a ~$6k training simulator too. Sean also showed me how the guns worked, and I got to try out the trainer myself. I even downed a simulated shahed. 😂 More next week!

[text] Just wanted to let you know I'm actively working on figuring out what and where the next delivery will be. I want to make sure the equipment is used effectively. So this is more effort than just picking a vehicle and unit at random. :) But it's coming!

[image] Found a Gently Used Lada in your home country @toly $LADA 25JUPL6ksapY1iCLWkFcSaXaA6Ar3W7JDCdPjeSApump

[image] The unit sent me a photo from last night: they're already using the simulator to train during their duty shifts, rather than just sit around waiting for an attack! It's a cool system: just straps onto the gun. So you can remove it and get ready for combat in a matter of seconds.

[image] Just a small thing. But I used the $LADA funds to pay for 6628UAH/147.55 USD worth of parts to fix the donated Ford Maverick I drove to Sloviansk for Wild Division last year; when the repair is done I'll pay the mechanic for their labor as well. I actually visited Wild Division

[image] An underappreciated impact of this is war preparedness. Wars need large quantities of civilian vehicles. Imagine how fucked you are if your car refuses to operate because it thinks you are "impaired" because you're recovering from a nearby drone strike and need to GTFO.

[image] People really forgot the used Honda Civic that went to 20M? Now it’s the $Lada version, backed by Bitcoin and Solana dev. And you think this is the top? NGMI. @peterktodd @toly

[image] I repped $LADA, @carforukraine, and Libre Relay onstage @BTCPrague! Though I should have brought sunglasses to really complete the look. 😂 25JUPL6ksapY1iCLWkFcSaXaA6Ar3W7JDCdPjeSApump

[image] Need to get him a $LADA!

[image] Just got back from the Kyiv Children's Railway, filming an interview with a soldier recovering in a hospital nearby. Unfortunately I can't publish the interview right away due to security. But the guy is a badass and wants to go back to combat ASAP. I think $LADA can help!

[image] Let's name a Wild Hornet's drone $LADA! I personally know these guys and have seen their interceptor drones in person at a demo day they did for the press. They're damn impressive, and they're a crypto-accepting charity.

[text] I don’t think people fully understand what $LADA is yet. Most people are looking at it like it’s just another creator or charity coin, but the lore here is actually insane. You’ve got Peter, the guy who might be Satoshi Nakamoto, the guy whose last coin went to 2.5 trillions,

[image] The damage at Lukianivska subway station, Kyiv, which is also a major bomb shelter. Direct hit to the entrance: Russians have been trying to figure out a way to kill everyone sheltering there for months. The McDonalds next door there is still open, and full of journalists. 😂

[text] I sent the money via ₿ in the end. Had to use a bit of a hack to do it. But the truck should be coming! I gotta write an article on how ridiculous the situation was... It's crazy how much better cryptocurrency infrastructure is than fiat. Like, WTF, banks are useless.

[video] Got something cool for you guys: @wilendhornets finally released the video of the $LADA interceptor taking down a Russian shahed! Our memecoin quite literally took down a shahed, blowing it up harmlessly over a farmer's field, rather than crashing into someone's apartment.

[image] Boosted 10x to keep us trending on Dexscreener

[image] Kyiv's central railway station has a lovely little railway museum with old steam locomotives... and a passenger car that Russia attacked with a shahed drone a few months ago. IIUC for the museum they used a car from an attack that didn't kill anyone. But there have been about a

[video] Those sleeping on solana:25JUPL6ksapY1iCLWkFcSaXaA6Ar3W7JDCdPjeSApump will wake up real soon🤝