preparing to leave on 5,000 kilometer trip

Ok we're going to flip the normal narrative and talk a little bit about what I do... here we are near Kyiv preparing to leave on 5,000 kilometer trip with 1973 Lada. Where do we take this war zone car which has traveled 35,000 kilometers already? How has it dodged potholes and artillery in Bakhmut, Kherson and Kharkiv so successfully? Was it the skill or the stupidity of the driver? Did the Mad Bomber accessories help him survive more comfortably in his travels and travail's