Gas Prices Up After Russian Invasion

(Learfield) Triple-A Iowa spokesperson, Meredith Mitts, says the price of a barrel of oil went up in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That is causing gas prices to increase as well. She says the roughly six percent increase in the cost of oil translates into a ten to 15 cent increase at the gas pump. Mitts says gas prices might not drop again until things calm down in Europe. Mitts says there’s no reason to rush out to the pumps to fill up because Iowa has a good supply of gas. That price of a gallon of gas was already up 70 cents from one year ago before the Russian invasion.