' was unlikely to have happened without Russian action.' 'To make it implicitly clear, this is the cost of bipartisan sanctions on Russia for their war on Ukraine,' he wrote. The Los Angeles CBS affiliate, CBSLA, noted that inflation has played a role in the recent price increase for gas (along with the COVID-19 pandemic), but De Haan posted on Twitter late Saturday that there was only one reason gas prices here have hit the $4-a-gallon level. This weekend, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline went above $4 a gallon in the U.S for only the second time ever. The news everybody already seems to know is that gas prices are headed up. That's up 10 cents per gallon since yesterday and up 63 cents since February 24 (the date on which Russia began its invasion of Ukraine). price for a gallon of gasoline has hit $4.173, which is the most expensive ever. Unless something drastic changes soon, GasBuddy is predicting a national average price of $4.25 by Memorial Day.On the AAA Gas Prices website, you can look at the averages in the state where you live.

In some cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, average gas prices have hit $5 for regular fuel-the photo above was taken in Santa Ana, California, on March 6-and there are even some stations selling premium for over $7 a gallon.price for a gallon of gasoline above $4 for the first time since 2008, as calculated by the price-monitoring app GasBuddy.

Geopolitical tensions, inflation, and the COVID-19 pandemic have converged to push the average U.S.

Prices skyrocket