invasion

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Speaking to journalists, including AFP, he cited Kyiv's experience in restoring passage through the Black Sea, which Russia had blocked at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Bogdanova notes that after the 1990 Kuwait invasion, which knocked the market down by 16% over seven weeks, the market didn’t break even for an additional four months.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

August 2022 was the last time the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4, during the early months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

In 1990, when gasoline prices jumped in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, helping to precipitate a recession, the average light vehicle got 18.8 miles to the gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This meant, among other things, that the colonizers expected support from the Crown, including money for defense against Indigenous peoples who fought back against the invasion of their homelands.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz