invasion

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Oil prices climbed toward their highest levels of the Iran war, approaching highs reached in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He did not specify how Ukraine could contribute, but cited Kyiv's experience in restoring passage through the Black Sea, which Russia had blocked at the beginning of its invasion.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

There is growing concern about the risk to US service personnel in this conflict, particularly amid talk of a possible ground invasion.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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

German tanks had crossed the border into Poland; the Luftwaffe, the German air force, had attacked a Polish border town, and the invasion of Poland by the Germans had begun.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson