[DAWN] A bigwig in Russian-annexed Crimea accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out a drone attack ahead of planned celebrations to mark Navy Day, injuring five and forcing the cancellation of festivities.
The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg and approve Russia’s naval doctrine as Moscow presses on with its military intervention in Ukraine.
"An unidentified object flew into the courtyard of the fleet’s headquarters," Mikhail Razvozhayev, governor of Sevastopol, home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
"According to preliminary information, it is a drone."
He said Ukraine had decided to "spoil Navy Day for us".
The Ukrainian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Razvozhayev said that five employees of the fleet headquarters had been injured in the incident and that the Federal Security Service ... the successor to the KGB... (FSB) was investigating its circumstances.
"All celebrations have been cancelled for security reasons," Razvozhayev said. "Please remain calm and stay home if possible."
Navy Day is an annual Russian holiday during which its fleets stage naval parades and honour its sailors.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, prompting a major row with the West which deepened over Moscow’s role in an insurgency of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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#UkraineWar: #Russia is now visually confirmed to have lost 5000 vehicles and other pieces of heavy equipment since it began its invasion of #Ukraine on February 24.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 17:39 A missile attack was carried out on Odessa. 15:43 A high, yellow level of terrorist threat is introduced in Sevastopol after a drone attack with explosives on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet - the governor.
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the main thing:
▪️VKS struck at the deployment point of the Kraken formation in the technical school in Kharkov, the enemy’s losses amounted to 350 nationalists
▪️A blow was struck at the point of temporary deployment in the DPR of units of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 50 military and equipment were destroyed
▪️An American M777 howitzer was destroyed in the Novopavlovka area, in the Nikolaevka area, the installation of the Uragan MLRS was destroyed
▪️Up to 100 nationalists and 25 units of enemy military equipment destroyed in Kherson and Nikolaev regions
▪️Four enemy ammunition depots destroyed in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions
15:36 In Sevastopol, after a drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, a "yellow" level of terrorist threat was introduced, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said.
13:20 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
▪️The high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of the Kraken national formation in Kharkov, killing up to 350 nationalists;
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed up to 100 nationalists in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, as well as four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian UAVs and intercepted eleven MLRS shells in a day.
13:12 The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the deployment point of the Kraken formation at a technical school in Kharkov. Enemy losses amounted to 350 nationalists, the Defense Ministry said.
13:02 A cache with RPGs, grenades and cartridges was found near the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region - TASS.
12:00 The drone that hit the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet took off from the territory of Sevastopol. This was stated by Senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi.
"(The attack) was not carried out from the outside, but from the territory of Sevastopol, operational-search work is underway in the city to search for the organizers of this terrorist attack, by the evening they will be found."
11:56 As a result of a missile attack on Nikolaev, the Ukrainian oligarch Vadatursky (No. 15 of the Ukrainian Forbes list), who was one of Poroshenko's "purses", was liquidated in his house. The fortune of Vadatursky, who owned the agricultural company Nibulon, which was engaged in the export of grain abroad, was estimated at about half a billion dollars.
Vadatursky, in addition to Poroshenko, sponsored punitive battalions and supported the ATO in Donbas in every possible way. In 2018, he was included in the Russian sanctions lists.
11:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an artillery strike in Kamenka-Dniprovska in the Zaporozhye region on the river terminal, where they receive grain crops - the authorities.
11:10 When and where will grain from Ukraine go? The first ship with grain in the Black Sea is ready for shipment, the Turkish Minister of National Defense said.
▪️16 dry cargo ships to enter Turkish territorial waters August 3
▪️Caravan to be tracked by satellites and
▪️drones
09:50 Two victims of the explosion at the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol are in a moderate condition, the rest are in a mild state of severity - the governor. The number of wounded in a drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol has grown to 6 - city authorities.
08:32 A Ukrainian drone attacked the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, five people were injured, all festive events in honor of the Navy Day in the city were canceled for security reasons, the governor said.
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Here Badanov. Your Russian co-countrymen are preaching slavery for Ukrainian kids and everyone here needs to know, this is Russian state TV. Putin often has meetings with these people to tell them what to say.
Course lots of the supporters of Russia are right wing southerners in the USA who see Russia as a beacon of white power so slavery ain't really all that is it? This probably excites those people.
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[Korrespondent] 22:41 Zelensky said in an evening video message that strategically Russia has no chance of winning this war: "And you need to hold on so that the terrorist state feels its loss at the tactical levels. You need to stay in the south, in the east and everywhere. Stay on the defensive , in diplomacy, in politics. Preserve our unity - and not only before victory, but also after it, in order to qualitatively restore everything destroyed by the occupiers."
20:33 The Parliament of Montenegro adopted a resolution in which it strongly condemned the open act of aggression and military intervention of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, and called on the Russian authorities to urgently stop the hostilities.
20:14 Assault and army aviation of the Russian Federation hit Avdeevka, Novoselovka and Yuryevka. The invaders tried to advance in the areas of Kamenka and Peskov, but the assault failed. However, in the Avdiivka area, individual enemy units have partial success, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
19:59 The Russians launched two Iskander-type missiles from the territory of Crimea in the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. From the explosion of rockets in the air in the Odessa region, the so-called heat traps scattered - they look like an unexploded projectile or have the shape of a dart with an orange tail. The command warns that this is a dangerous thing, since it has a high combustion temperature and can cause large-scale burns. There is no information about the victims yet.
18:57 A battalion-tactical group of the Russian Airborne Forces was transferred to Crimea in order to send it to war in Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the GUR MOU, told Radio Liberty: "There is constant movement. They have strengthened the air defense system. They understand that there is a threat." According to Skibitsky, the planes deliver missiles for the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems to Crimea.
"Military goods are constantly being transported to the Crimean peninsula. Therefore, transport workers in Crimea are not news to us... Other military cargo is being moved. Personnel are moving," the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate said.
18:48 Soon, in Ukraine, for the first time since February 24, an airport can start operating: the Transcarpathian Regional Council has allocated 26 million hryvnias for the Uzhhorod Airport, Head of the Regional Council Volodymyr Chubirko said. According to him, this is the only airport in Ukraine that can operate for passenger traffic, because the runway starts from Slovakia and ends in Slovakia. The take-off board enters the sky of the EU, not Ukraine, which is now closed.
18:43 A rocket attack was carried out on the territory of one of the communities in the Odessa region, the rocket hit the quarry, information about the victims is being specified, the district military administration said.
18:22 Maxar satellite imagery of the Yelenovka colony appears to show traces of dug graves, analyst Oliver Alexander and Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins said. According to Higgins, the movement of soil on the territory of the colony occurred in the region of July 18-21, that is, more than a week before the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war. From this, Alexander concludes that the military could have been killed earlier than it was reported to the "DNR".
18:09 Nikolaev becomes the second Mariupol - about 40 rockets were fired at the city tonight, the head of the regional council Anna Zamazeeva said: "This is one of the largest shelling of the city since the beginning of a full-scale invasion. I repeat - the city is being purposefully killed."
17:50 Operational command Pivden warns of the highest possible threat of rocket attacks from the sea. In the Black Sea near the Crimean coast from Cape Tarkhankut to Novorossiysk, 17 warships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet are maneuvering, including six carriers of Caliber cruise missiles (44 missiles) and four large landing ships.
17:29 Putin approved the Marine Doctrine of the Russian Federation, according to which the main threat to Russia's national security in the oceans is "the US course towards dominance and the growth of NATO activity." The priorities in the "national interests" section include the development of the Arctic zone and the Northern Sea Route, as well as the right to lay submarine cables and pipelines and provide opportunities for the construction of aircraft carriers.
17:18 In Sevastopol, a yellow level of terrorist threat is introduced after an incident with an explosion near the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, said "governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev.
16:47 The first ship with grain is likely to leave Ukraine on Monday, August 1, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told the Star newspaper. According to him, Ankara is in constant contact with the Ukrainian and Russian sides. Kalyn also noted that the dialogue should be maintained not only in terms of the grain agreement, but also in other areas: "If the agreement on the supply of grain is successful, it is possible that peace negotiations will begin."
16:21 Russia does not respond to Ukraine's demand to return the bodies of the dead prisoners in Yelenovka, Vereshchuk said at a briefing in Kremenchug: "The Ombudsman made a statement, we, as authorized officers, also made requests. So far, there is no response from Russia."
15:33 60% of the population left Melitopol, but even if there are no people left in the city, the invaders will bring their own to shoot propaganda videos about the "referendum," Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said. According to him, since Monday, people have been forced to take a special pass from the commandant's office to leave. During the day, the invaders release no more than 200-300 cars. And in the queue - more than 800 cars with those wishing to leave the occupied territory.
15:18 Podolyak said that, in his opinion, the death of Alexei Vadatursky was not an accident, but a deliberate and organized premeditated murder.
15:16 The Ukrainian harvest this year may be halved, Zelensky said: "Our main goal is to prevent a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion. We are finding alternative ways to deliver grain."
14:44 Reznikov thanked Italy for the new military aid package for Ukraine. What exactly will be included in the package is not reported.
14:37 In the village of Novoye Zalesye, Buchansky district, Kiev region, police officers found the body of another civilian killed by the Russians, said Andriy Nebitov, head of the Kiev region police. The body was found next to the abandoned positions of the Russian military. The hands of the deceased were tied with a rope fastened through an iron carabiner of a towing cable. It was also wound around the neck of the deceased. Everything indicates that the man was strangled before his death.
14:16 The occupiers are withdrawing personnel from the territory of the villages of Verkhniy Tokmak and Chernigovka in the Zaporozhye region after the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of July 29, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. About 40 wounded were taken to the hospital in the city of Pologi. Almost all units were withdrawn from Chernigovka. Currently, several checkpoints and no more than 100 soldiers remain near the settlement. The rest of the occupiers, along with equipment, were distributed in the cities of Tokmak and Berdyansk.
When leaving the settlements, the Russians are trying to create the appearance of a planned rotation. In fact, they intend to completely leave the village and have begun mining access roads, intelligence noted.
13:44 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the deployment point of the Kraken formation on the territory of the technical school in Kharkov.
13:31 Russian senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi said that the drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was carried out from Sevastopol, operational-search work is underway to find the perpetrators.
13:18 Podolyak said that what happened in Yelenovka is a terrorist attack: "The media continue to write about the" attack on Yelenovka. "But is there at least one proof of the impact? 1. Satellite images show that only one building was damaged. the prisoners were transferred right before the attack. 3. Analysis of the photo indicates a thermobaric explosion from the inside. Impact? No, a terrorist attack."
12:57 The command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Russians did not dare to spend the day of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and came up with a reason to cancel the events. With statements about an allegedly Ukrainian drone in Sevastopol, the enemy recognizes his air defense as incapable and casts even more doubt on the existence of the Crimean bridge, the Navy notes.
12:40 The head of the CAA of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, announced rewards for traitors helping the invaders: 50,000 hryvnias for fire spotters, information gatherers and saboteurs, as well as 10,000 hryvnias for agitators of the "Russian world".
12:06 Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the "administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said that "representatives of 16 countries, including those from the EU and North America," are allegedly ready to become observers at a pseudo-referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
11:29 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation continues to use the territory of Belarus to strike at Ukraine. Analysts say Lukashenka is following Moscow's line in the war, his regime is becoming increasingly authoritarian, and baseless accusations against the West indicate that the Belarusian president has become almost completely dependent on Russia.
11:27 Putin said that the supply of Zircon hypersonic missiles to the troops will begin in the coming months.
11:17 The Red Cross said that its representatives were not allowed to the site of the explosion in Yelenovka, contrary to the requirements of the Geneva Convention.
11:13 The first caravan of 16 dry cargo ships with Ukrainian grain will arrive in Turkey on August 3, CNN Turk reports. At the initiative of Ankara, the first ships with grain will then proceed to the shores of Somalia.
10:39 A colony in the occupied Yelenovka, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were massively killed, was blown up from the inside - this is confirmed by new satellite images from Maxar. They were published by American journalist Christopher Miller.
10:33 In the Sumy region, the Russians fired at the Miropol community from mortars and cannon artillery early in the morning, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. The farm caught fire as a result of the shelling. Zhivitsky also specified that as a result of Saturday shelling of the Seredino-Budskaya community, one person was killed and two were injured.
10:20 As a result of night shelling of Nikolaev the owner of one of the largest agricultural companies of Ukraine Nibulon Alexey Vadatursky and his wife were lost , people's deputy Alexey Goncharenko reported. Vadatursky was 74 years old. In 2021, Forbes Ukraine estimated his fortune at $430 million. He was in the top 100 richest Ukrainians.
09:47 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas reacted to the massacre of Azov residents in Yelenovka: "Once again, we are witnessing the cruel and heinous crimes committed by Russia. The massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka repeats the darkest pages of history. There should be no impunity for war crimes, just as there can be no return to relations with war criminals."
09:26 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians per day were killed - two in Reznikovka and one in Maidan. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:21 In Nikolaev as a result of night attacks one person was lost, two are wounded. The buildings of a hotel, a sports complex, two educational institutions, a service station and private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
09:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 31. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 40,830 (+160) people liquidated,
tanks - 1763 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 4004 (+9),
artillery systems - 916 (+10),
MLRS - 259 (+1),
air defense systems - 117 (+0),
aircraft - 223 (+1),
helicopters - 190 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 735 (+2),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2902 (+13),
special equipment - 80 (+2).
08:51 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russians fired at two districts - Nikopol and Krivorozhsky, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. In particular, up to 50 shells from Gradov were fired at residential areas of Nikopol, one person was wounded. And in the morning, the enemy attacked Nikopol with two cruise missiles, the extent of the destruction and information about the victims are being specified.
08:38 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russian troops are likely to give preference to offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut and around Donetsk due to efforts to take Seversk and Slavyansk. Analysts say it is highly unlikely that Russian offensives will end up capturing Bakhmut or making gains west of Donetsk, even if they manage to take the towns of Avdiivka and Peski.
ISW also reports that Ukrainian troops thwarted a Russian assault in the Kherson region with preemptive artillery strikes.
Satellite imagery with geolocation showed the build-up of the Russian army from June 19 to July 28 in Urazovo, Belgorod region, 12 km east of the border. It is possible that Russian troops are increasing the amount of military equipment in the area to support the advance from Izyum to the west, experts believe.
08:12 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that a Ukrainian drone allegedly attacked the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, five people were injured, all festive events in honor of the Navy Day in the city were canceled for security reasons. In turn, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, Sergei Bratchuk, said that reports of a Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol are an outright provocation: "The liberation of our Crimea from the occupiers will not happen this way and much more effectively. Everything has its time."
07:45 In the Slavic and Bakhmut directions, the Russians conducted assault operations, but suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .
06:18 Nikolaev was subjected to massive shelling at night - "probably the strongest of all time," the mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, said. Powerful explosions were heard after 1:00 and around 5:00. A number of objects were destroyed, residential buildings were damaged, fires broke out.
04:53 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on night shelling of the city. In particular, there is information about the shelling of the Nemyshlyansky district. Previously, there is damage to several buildings.
00:59 In the Kherson region, the invaders continue to prepare for the "referendum", a "voyage" of State Duma deputies was planned, but someone "leaked" their travel schedule, said Yuriy Sobolevsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council. Now, according to him, the Russians will have to change the schedule of the tour, moreover, it is possible that Moscow officials "will have to take the water" to get to Kherson.
00:26 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Russia "in the interests of an objective investigation of the strike on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka" officially invited experts from the UN and the Red Cross.
00:03 Assault aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on July 30 launched powerful air strikes in several strategic directions. Two field ammunition depots, two company strongholds, up to 20 units of armored combat vehicles, dozens of invaders were destroyed, the command of the Air Force reports.
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[RIA Novosti] The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a strike with precision-guided weapons at the location of the Kraken militants on the territory of the Morozov Mechanical College in Kharkiv, the Defense Ministry said.
"As a result of the strike, the enemy's irretrievable and sanitary losses amounted to 350 nationalists. 11 units of military equipment were also destroyed," the report says.
The aircraft delivered another strike at the point of temporary deployment of units of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Kodema on the territory of the DPR . There, the losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to 50 servicemen, two Msta-B howitzers and ten units of military equipment were also destroyed.
And in the vicinity of the villages of Potemkino and Belogorka in the Kherson region and Belaya Krinitsa in Nikolayevskaya, about 100 nationalists and 25 units of military equipment were destroyed.
Civilians during the evacuation organized by the soldiers of the military commandant's office of Severodonetsk together with the military of the LPR
In just a day, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 13 command posts, including the 95th air assault brigade in the Maiorsk region in the DPR, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment in 227 districts.
Air defense units shot down five Ukrainian drones and intercepted 11 MLRS shells in the air in the DPR, LPR , Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
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[RIA Novosti] Funds allocated as aid to Ukraine are actually returning back to the United States without reaching the recipient, Colonel Douglas McGregor,
..West Point class of ‘76, US Army (Gulf War I, Kosovo), author of Breaking the Phalanx...
a former adviser to the Secretary of Defense,
...that would be Donald Rumsfeld, not whoever has the title now...
said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel. Been saying that for months, now. Welcome to the party, pal. “We must not forget about money. All these billions of dollars, where are they? Most of them simply do not reach Ukraine. Huge sums end up in the Pentagon as compensation to the armed forces for the fact that equipment and resources were transferred to Europe,” he said.
With the help of the returned money, the manufacture of new equipment and weapons is paid for, McGregor explained, calling the scheme a "vicious circle" and a "scam".
Western countries continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Earlier, US President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kiev. Moscow, in turn, has repeatedly stated that the supply of weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target for the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Money to replace equipment for US Military goes to Pentagon -->
Pentagon gives money to US defense contractors to manufacture new equipment -->
Defense contractors make generous contributions to their pet politicians in the Beltway.
IOW:
Taxpayers get the shaft while defense contractors use the money to bribe politicians for even more. It doesn't matter who wins the war. When this one is over they'll find/start a new one. All that matters is that the money keeps flowing.
Pay attention here, Forkbeard. You and your countrymen are being used as cannon fodder by cynical American politicians who don't really give a rat's ass about you. See Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, etc., etc., etc. If they don't even care about all the American boys who get killed, why would they care about you? Get it?
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[RIA Novosti] The delivery of Zircon hypersonic missile systems to the Russian army will begin in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a speech at a naval parade in St. Petersburg.
“Suffice it to mention the latest Zircon hypersonic missile systems, which have no analogues in the world, for which there are no barriers. Dear comrades, their delivery to the Russian Armed Forces will begin in the coming months,” the head of state said.
According to him, the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" will be the first ship to take up combat duty "with this formidable weapon" on board.
"The area where the ship will serve will be chosen based on the interests of ensuring Russia's security," the president added.
Zircon is the world's first hypersonic cruise missile capable of sustained aerodynamic flight with maneuvering in dense layers of the atmosphere using its own engine thrust.
The maximum speed of the rocket reaches about nine speeds of sound (about 2.65 kilometers per second at an altitude of 20 kilometers, or more than ten thousand kilometers per hour). The maximum range is one thousand kilometers.
In early June, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, announced that the frigate Admiral Gorshkov had successfully completed a test cycle of the Zirkon missile, during which it hit a sea target located in the White Sea at a distance of about a thousand kilometers.
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#1 The Vergeltungswaffen-2 was an unstoppable supersonic weapon also!
...So the Nazis used to win WW2, right? Right? (/sarc)
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...The V-2 absolutely WAS unstoppable, and it was light years beyond anything the Allies had. Pity they couldn't build enough of them to make a difference.
[BIGLEAGUEPOLITICS] In a recently published report, Russia’s economy is performing better than expected despite the barrage of sanctions imposed on it by the Collective West after the launch of its special military operation campaign in Ukraine.
This sanctions campaign was designed to effectively deplatform and cancel Russia from the entire liberal economic system and collapse its economy, thus hindering its capacity to carry out its military operation in Ukraine.
Despite these sanctions, the Russian economy appears to be humming along as witnessed by the country’s GDP estimate. According to the International Monetary Fund’s most recent World Economic Outlook published on July 26, 2022, this GDP estimate was upgraded by 2.5%.
The IMF argued that Russia’s economic downturn was not as bad as expected due to "the Russian central bank and the Russian policymakers have been able to stave off a banking panic or financial meltdown when the sanctions were first imposed," IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said to AFP in an interview.
In addition, Gourinchas observed that rising energy prices are "providing an enormous amount of revenues to the Russian economy."
The IMF report noted, "Russia’s economy is estimated to have contracted during the second quarter by less than previously projected, with crude oil and non-energy exports holding up better than expected."
The IMF highlighted that Europe is facing major blowback from the sanctions due to its dependence on Russian energy. Press TV reported that the "situation could worsen dramatically if Moscow cuts off gas exports to Europe."
Russia’s economic overperformance has dealt another blow to the credibility of so-called "experts" who predicted it would collapse. Russia is more than just a gas station with nukes. Unlike the overly financialized economies in the Collective West whose manufacturing bases have been hollowed out, Russia has real resources ranging from gas, agriculture, and minerals to keep it afloat in the face of a full-fledged economic war. Obviously, Russia will face some stumbling blocks as it restructures its economy and looks more eastward for new markets. Nevertheless, this could prove to be a blessing in disguise given the West’s degraded economic and cultural state.
After each passing day, it’s becoming clearer that the future is looking more Eurasian in nature.
Questions and answers provided by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] - The advertised attack on Kherson of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not visible. Except for him an attempt to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Ingulets. What does the dynamics look like on this sector of the front?
- Positional battles continue here with periodic attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack with small forces in the Krivoy Rog and Nikopol directions. The latest attempts ended not very well for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but they will certainly be repeated. A direct attack on Kherson from Nikolaev looks unlikely.
As a maximum, they can try to reduce the bridgehead of the RF Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
The RF Armed Forces are accumulating forces in the Nikolaev direction, in view of which the enemy started talking about a possible offensive of the RF Armed Forces on Nikolaev.
Attacks on bridges have not yet made a fundamental change in the dynamics of hostilities.
- The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka are being ironed by artillery and VKS for several days. Activation near Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Sand. How to release the specified n.p. will it affect the shelling of the Donetsk-Makiyivka agglomeration, taking into account the fact that the enemy with Western supplies has expanded the geography of shelling?
- The release of these settlements will prevent the enemy from using part of the artillery systems to shell the city, but it should be borne in mind that the presence of heavy MLRS and OTRK retains the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to shell Donetsk even from the Krasnoarmeysk region.
Nevertheless, advancement in these areas will certainly reduce the overall intensity of shelling of Donetsk and other settlements. Donetsk agglomeration.
- Channels report on the concentration of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bryansk and Kharkov directions (except for Kherson). What can the enemy do here, given that the activity is stopped by the artillery of the RF Armed Forces?
- In the Kharkov direction, the enemy, on the one hand, provides the defense of Kharkov, Chuguev and Zolochev and the retention of the current front line, for which reserves are needed.
On the other hand, local offensive actions may follow in order to recapture several settlements previously occupied by the RF Armed Forces. In the direction of the Bryansk region, one can expect an intensification of shelling and actions of the enemy's DRG.
If we talk about the risks of an offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then more likely (in addition to Kherson) are the Zaporozhye direction (Vasilyevka, Tokmak, Pologi) and Balakleya in the Izyum direction.
- According to my information, the enemy is trying to advance in the Volnovakha direction. What is he counting on?
- With its activity in this direction, the enemy is trying to improve his tactical position, as well as to divert our command from operations in the Donetsk and Artemovsk directions, forcing additional forces to be transferred here to stabilize the front.
In the current realities, a serious advance of the enemy to Volnovakha is not possible. The offensive at Ugledar showed that the price of even one occupied settlement, like the same Pavlovka, turns out to be too high with minimal tactical benefits.
- The provocations of recent days with the "castration" of the "Ukrainian prisoner", the shelling of the colony in Yelenovka by Khaimars and the death of the captured "Azov" testify to the information war from the West to a new level. What else can we expect? Attacks on the ZNPP?
- I would expect not only new attacks on infrastructure facilities in the liberated territories and on ammunition depots/fuel and lubricants, but also further intensification of terrorist activities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
This activity will receive the full and unconditional support of the West, which will support any terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation, if necessary, facilitating them.
Hence the need to consider the issue of stigmatizing our opponents as terrorists at the official level - this applies to both perpetrators,
- Is it true that Ukraine is refraining from strikes on Sevastopol, the Crimean bridge, Belgorod and Kursk because of fears of the safety of the government quarter in Kyiv?
- As we can see from today's terrorist attack in Sevastopol and the ongoing shelling of the border areas, Zelensky's gang is not particularly worried about the government quarter in Kyiv. The voiced threats of strikes against decision-making centers do not particularly impress the Zelensky gang, much less impress its sponsors. Therefore, in my subjective opinion, more targeted and demonstrative strikes are needed on the centers of the Nazi regime in Ukraine, ranging from regional regional state administrations to the buildings of the SBU and GUR MOU in Kyiv and other cities - in fact, they are no different from the regional offices of ISIS in Syria and Iraq in 2014-2018 From my point of view, these are now legitimate military targets.
- How can the escalation of the situation in Taiwan affect the fighting in Ukraine?
- In the event of a hypothetical outbreak of hostilities in the Taiwan Strait, this will obviously affect the volume of arms supplies to Ukraine, since the United States will, in fact, be forced to fight on two fronts. Plus, the economic tsunami after the start of the war in Taiwan will hit Europe very hard, which threatens it with even more terrible consequences than the rejection of Russian gas.
Therefore, from the point of view of the operation in Ukraine, the aggravation of the crisis around Taiwan is objectively beneficial for the Russian Federation, since it diverts part of the enemy’s forces to another theater of operations.
- What will the mobilization of women give the Kyiv regime? When will the mobilization famine begin in Kyiv?
- It will give some more cannon fodder.
With the continuation of hostilities at the current intensity of manpower, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will have enough to compensate for the large losses for many more months to come, with a general decrease in the quality of personnel. The mobilized women will allow the release of men for the front.
The war strategy to the last Ukrainian assumes that everything that is possible will be raked to the front without a trace. Victims for the organizers of this conveyor are not fundamental. This is a consumable item.
- Why are we not working on the combat control centers and key figures of the enemy's military leadership?
- So far, the most high-profile strikes of this kind are the strike on the headquarters of the Sever OTG and the strike on the command of the Ukrainian Air Force in Vinnitsa.
From my point of view, such strikes are desirable and necessary much more often.
- Will there be any result from the agreements with Iran in terms of deliveries of strike UAVs to Russia?
- I think it's very likely. Deliveries, most likely, will be legalized through the organization of a joint production of drones in Russia.
- According to the military, the logistics of the warring factions, to put it mildly, leaves nothing to be desired. Will the situation in this regard change in almost six months with the beginning of the SVO, and what needs to be changed first of all?
- The situation has improved somewhat compared to the first months, but in matters of supply there are still a lot of problems that help to partially close civilian humanitarian organizations.
There is still a lot of work to be done to increase the systemic state accumulation of funds, increase the efficiency of procurement of the necessary and the speed of delivery of the necessary to the troops. The society here is ready to fully help the state - the main problems are seen in the sluggishness of various elements of the bureaucratic machine and the unpreparedness of logistics structures to conduct combat operations in such a vast theater of operations, which requires a more complex and extensive logistics system than, say, in Syria, not to mention the general volumes needed.
This is an objective problem and it is being solved, albeit not as quickly as I or you would like.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:49 Additional information about the results of the evening shelling of the city is received through the operational line of the JCCC.
In the Kirovsky district at the addresses: st. Grape, 9b - a young man born in 2002 was wounded; - st. Grape, 19 - a girl born in 2006 was wounded.
In addition, damage was received to private residential buildings at the following addresses: st. Tokareva, 88, 88/5, 133, 135, 137; st. Novozheleznodorozhnaya, 48/5; st. Yasinovatskaya, 12/1, 14/1, 15/2.
In the Kiev region at the address: st. Shubina, 1a, a private residential building was damaged. 21:48 VFU wounded a civilian in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk
During the shelling of the Kirovsky district of the city on the street. Grape Ukrainian militants wounded a civilian born in 2002. The victim was taken to the RTC.
21:29 A total of 72 miners of the de-energized mine named after. Skochinsky in the Kirovsky district were raised to the surface.
Five employees of the mine Abakumov are still underground.
21:13 "Ukrainian military forces were knocked out from their positions in the area of the ventilation shaft of the mine on the southern outskirts of Avdievka,” said First Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov.
18:00 Results of shelling in Donetsk. Kyiv district:
- a man born in 1969 - blew up on a mine "Petal"; multiple wounds of the upper and lower extremities, face and torso; traumatic shock; delivered to RTC.
Voroshilovsky district:
- sq. Sobornaya, 1 (Holy Transfiguration Cathedral) - the facade and glazing were damaged;
- st. Artyoma, 131a - (dormitory of DonNTU No. 2) - glazing from the end of the building on the 1st floor was damaged;
— B. Khmelnitsky Ave. 100 (dormitory of DonNTU No. 8) – glazing was damaged in the entire building up to the 6th floor;
— 106 B. Khmelnytsky Ave. – the glazing was damaged;
- blvd. Shevchenko, 6b - the glazing is damaged.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Republican, 8 - a private house is on fire;
- st. Mamaev Kurgan, 20 - a direct hit in a private house, two living rooms in the house were completely destroyed, the summer kitchen was destroyed.
17:36 As a result of the shelling of the Kirov region, the mine named after. Skochinsky (underground there are 72 people) and the mine. Abakumov (underground five people). Rescue measures are underway.
17:33 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk: 10 shots fired from a tank.
16:43 MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane" VFU scattered prohibited mines PFM-1 in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka
Ukrainian militants poured "petal" mines under the feet of civilians in the village. Dugouts of the Kirovsky district of the city, sappers fixed mines on Sverdlov and in the field nearby.
15:28 It is reported that the petals are scattered in the village. Lozovoye, a large number of "petals" are scattered along the street. Ushakov.
15:15 VFU again dropped prohibited mines PFM-1 on the street. Suvorov in the Kirovsky district of the city and the Sandy pond in the direction of Shirokiy microdistrict. If you find explosive objects, call the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 101.
15:04 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the village of Rumyantsevo (Kalininsky district of Gorlovka), it is reported about explosions of rounds near the waste heap. Residents of this village and nearby settlements are kindly requested to leave the streets and stay closer to shelters.
13:30 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces brigade in the DPR, up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed.
13:07 Due to the fact that Ukrainian punishers remotely mine residential areas of Donetsk with anti-personnel high-explosive mines "Petal", the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Donetsk People's Republic recommends not to take to the streets unnecessarily.
13:05 The Uran-6 robotic complex has been deployed to Donetsk to neutralize PFM-1 "mines-petals".
11:50 The 11th Regiment of the NM of the DPR began to storm the quarry in the north of Avdiivka. The assault is going well. After taking this quarry, street fights will follow for the settlement. Avdievka.
11:23 Soldiers of the People's Militia of the DPR and the RF Armed Forces knocked out Ukrainian nationalists from their positions in the area of ????the vent shaft of the Butovka mine on the southern outskirts of Avdiivka.
These fortified positions were of greater importance and played an important role in the general system of defensive fortifications of the enemy's Avdiivka grouping.
11:13 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1980 was injured as a result of the operation of a high-explosive anti-personnel mine "Petal".
11:07 According to the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the DPR, as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Skochinsky mine, PFM-1 "Lepestok" was found on the territory of the industrial site.
11:00 As of July 31, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 263 settlements, including Krinichnoye.
10:14 AFU attacked the Kirovsky district of Makeevka. Ukrainian militants from positions in Avdievka attacked the village. Dugouts in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka. 152mm artillery is used against the civilian population.
10:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Makeevka (village of Zemlyanka): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:22 The UN is ready to send a group of experts to investigate the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in the village of Yelenovka.
09:09 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:35 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again opened fire on the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Private sector houses were damaged at the following addresses:
- st. Artemovskaya, 211 - the glazing of the windows, the entrance iron door, the fence, the gate were damaged;
- st. Artemovskaya, 213 - the glazing of windows, the fence, the gate were damaged.
08:30 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk three times in 20 minutes. Fourteen 122mm rounds and three 152mm rounds were fired, the DPR reported.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired six rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk: 10 mines fired in 120mm caliber;
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Pavel Kukhmirov
[Sevastopol] Swiss Nestle SA, one of the world's largest food manufacturers, after assessing its Russian business in accordance with IFRS, concluded that changes in the operating and legal environment in Russia did not affect its control over Russian operations.
According to Interfax , in addition, Nestle has not made write-offs related to business in Russia, even despite a significant reduction in operations. However, it recognized write-offs of 71 million francs related to real estate and industrial equipment in Russia.
In the first half of 2022, Nestle decreased net profit by 12 percent, but increased revenue by 9 percent and improved its full-year forecast.
As we can see, not all market participants were hit by the sanctions to any significant extent. However, in general, the old economy of consumption has changed a lot amid the sanctions confrontation. And not only in Russia. There is an opinion that the sanctions only made it possible for the Russian economy and consumers to face this crisis a little earlier than the start of the global market.
And the world market is already catching up with this crisis. For example, this is the second catastrophic drop in Walmart shares in one day by 8.5 percent this year. Previously, something like this happened in May. And this event is significant, since these shares were volatile two times less than the so-called "broad market index". So their fall was not only a shock to the retail store industry, but also a blow to consumer confidence in general.
And this, against the backdrop of expected negative forecasts for GDP, can push the state of affairs in the US towards a recession. Shares of other players in the same segment (Target, Amazon and others) also sag.
Their decline occurs against the backdrop of negative forecasts for revenue and profit, as well as in the presence of overstocking in warehouses. Consumers are starting to cut spending on durable goods (primarily clothing and electronics) amid inflation.
As a result, retailers this year faced unpredictable fluctuations in consumer demand, which led to an increase in stocks of unsold goods. These are the first signs of a crisis in the consumer economy. Initially, they began to be observed during the pandemic, but now, during the energy crisis, they have intensified.
Similar processes in Russia began to be recorded last year - before the start of current events. This was expressed in the fact that almost all major players in the retail market launched programs of their own discounters, which demonstrated significant growth in the final of the year. In fact, they were recognized as the most dynamically developing in retail trade.
And the sanctions against this background, paradoxically, led to a positive effect here: as a result of the rush demand of the beginning of spring, the level of all commodity stocks decreased sharply among retailers. And this has happened across all industries.
The acquisition and importation of new goods for trade took place already in a situation of high instability, and this dictated a completely new, cautious policy in terms of prices and purchase volumes. At the same time, consumers themselves, according to all surveys, expressed high optimism - hostile sanctions did not frighten them. Taken together, these factors suggest that the consumer market in Russia is not heading for a recession. What, oddly enough, cannot be said about the markets of Europe and America. Well, let's see where it all ends up.
Pavel Kukhmirov is a Russian writer and a former Donbass militiaman
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One of the casualties of sanctions against Russia is Cuba. The Cuban electrical grid is in need of repair and they are starting to have blackouts in Havana as the system is collapsing without Russian infrastructure support.
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/\ Besoeker, that was when you could actually repair an American automobile. Now it is a computer telling you to replace Plug n' Play™ modules made 'who knows where'... I have a phantom "loose gas cap" warning that I have given up on fixing, for example.
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I jumped thru hoops to find a no longer made ABS modulator for my 2008 Jeep Liberty after the stealership told me mine was bad. Got a used one from LKQ (I highly recommend them) went to a mom n pop shop to have it swapped in. The guy called me later, said, it wasn't the ABS modulator, it was a broken wire. Cheap fix and I still have the hard to find part if I ever need it.
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Eight years now, it comes, it goes. Gauges all read 'ok.' Oil and water fine. I just keep driving it.
Sometimes a passenger will issue a panic 'd comment. My response is usually:
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When every idjit light comes on at once, it's an electronics issue, not a catastrophic failure of everything at once. Probably a circuit board behind the instrument panel, a royal pain to get at.
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It's just the 'ck engine light.'
Disconnecting the pos battery cable usually resets it for a few days. Anyway, that's what I do before attending the socialist inspection station. Will be performing the same reset when I trade it in sometime in 2031.
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I was going by the picture. My broken wire had ABS, traction control, service 4WD (no 4WD until fixed, no cruise control either), and one other I'm don't recall the meaning of all lit up at once.
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Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk.
[DONRF] The battles near Donetsk, of course, are not of a strategic nature, and they do not lead to a common Victory, except as one of the steps towards it, but what is happening there is the pinnacle of both the professionalism and heroism of the Donbass infantry. Peski, Marinka, Krasnogorovka, Avdievka ... suburbs of a huge metropolis left in 14. Abandoned due to lack of forces and under the Minsk agreements. The Ukrainians have been strengthening there for eight years. And from there the artillery terror of the city was and is being carried out.
There is no Peski anymore, the liberators even dismantled houses for building materials, ours went to Maryinka twice - in 2015 and at the beginning of the NWO. Avdievka... the city of coking industry and the railway station, it became the scene of constant battles and artillery duels.
And now the Corps, with the help of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, are taking their own. Difficult. Meter by meter. The fact that the politicians gave in an attempt to solve. And blood. The enemy does everything in order to finally kill and destroy as much as possible. This night MLRS Hurricane from Avdievka mined the center of Donetsk with PFM-1 mines Lepestok. Already on the Web, a video with a blown up civilian car.
Nevertheless, our troops are advancing, and have already left to the north of Avdievka, the fighting is going on in Sands, the Corps has wedged between Maryinka and Krasnogorovka. Slowly and step by step. Heavy price. The towns turned into fortified areas are doomed to destruction, but there is no choice, the militants doomed Donetsk and Makeevka. And they don't negotiate with terrorists.
Especially with those who burn their prisoners alive:
Russia officially invited experts from the UN and the International Red Cross to investigate the attack on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka.
And they will answer. For everything you have done on this earth. And the fact that this is not a strategy, everything is just beginning, but one small republic will finally get silence. First silence since 2014. And this is also a lot for those who live there. As a Russian, I understand that this is an episode of a long and bloody confrontation, as a Donetsk resident ... Donbass needs peace. At least partial. Without artillery terror and mining. Roadblocks that divided families and permanent funerals.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
[Chernovec] Former French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie Bermann, in an interview with the BFM television channel, expressed her opinion about the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka.
She is sure that the Russians or their allies had no reason to “bomb the prison under their control”, it is much more profitable for them to hold a trial with confessions of the accused than to destroy them in this way.
A retired French colonel who was also in the studio supported the ex-ambassador. The upcoming process "would give an opportunity to show the presence of Nazis in the ranks of the Ukrainian army."
Shame on Ukrainian and Western propaganda. In their inside-out view, did the DNRs fire at their colony, hitting exactly the center of the building from HIMARS without firing from the first shell? And then they couldn’t finish off the survivors, taking them to the hospital and starting to treat? Orcs - are they cunning?
Seriously, to purposefully destroy their own military prisoners of war - even Hitler could not think of this at one time. Zelensky surpassed the former artist and this shelling will forever remain on the conscience of the former comedian. How it will remain on his conscience to hit the center of Kramatorsk with "Tochka-U" to inflate the hype around Ukraine on the day of the arrival of the highest European commissioners in Kyiv.
The situation with targeted shelling and destruction of their own, who were taken prisoner, speaks volumes. On the one hand, the circus Ukrainian leadership takes revenge on its warriors for surrendering and frank stories on camera, which upsets and spoils the reputation of Vovochka, and on the other hand, Zelensky and his combat sixes in general's shoulder straps demonstrated their real attitude towards their own soldiers and officers - they are just dumb meat. Vovochka is a tell-all book about Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, published in 2015
By the way, Russia invited experts from the UN and the International Red Cross to participate in the investigation of the attack in Yelenovka.
It is also necessary to demand an investigation into the shelling of Donbass and the total mining of anti-personnel mines by the Ukrainian military throughout the territory of Donetsk and other cities.
Anyone who had the idea to give the order to bombard the whole of Donetsk with anti-personnel mines in order to maim women and children will stop at nothing. This is evidence that Ukraine is a typical terrorist structure. Like the Caucasus Emirate or ISIS.
What were far-sighted in their time those who deprived Kyiv of nuclear weapons.
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...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
“We must not forget about money. All these billions of dollars, where are they? Most of them simply do not reach Ukraine. Huge sums end up in the Pentagon as compensation to the armed forces for the fact that equipment and resources were transferred to Europe,” he said.
/\ Yes, and quite wealthy as well. How else could they afford the restoration of so many vintage American classic automobiles ? 
Eight years now, it comes, it goes. Gauges all read 'ok.' Oil and water fine. I just keep driving it.
