{"id":1362703,"date":"2022-03-07T08:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362703"},"modified":"2022-03-07T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:54:31","slug":"russian-violence-escalates-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-violence-escalates-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Violence Escalates In Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-violence-escalates-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s Monday, March 7th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>1) Russian Violence Escalates In Ukraine<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Topline: <\/b><span>The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, and reports indicate that Russian forces are ramping up their attacks, even targeting civilians.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebHowe\/status\/1500508898452779008\"><b>Quote Of The Day:<\/b><\/a><span> \u201c\u2026A no-fly zone, if people understood what it means, it means World War III. It means starting World War III.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2013 Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_350986\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350986\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Anastasia-VlasovaStringerGetty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Anastasia-VlasovaStringerGetty-Images.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Anastasia-VlasovaStringerGetty-Images-300x200-1.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-350986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anastasia Vlasova\/Stringer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Escalation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Last Thursday, leaders from Ukraine and Russia announced they had agreed to a temporary cease-fire to support \u201chumanitarian corridors\u201d to allow food and medicine to be brought in, and for civilians to get out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But it appears that Russian forces have ignored this agreement. More territory has been taken by Russia in recent days and multiple Ukrainian cities are now surrounded. As civilians try to escape, ruthless shelling of these cities has continued, with numerous reports that civilians are being targeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mayor of one surrounded city \u2013 Mariupol \u2013 said thousands of residents had gathered on Saturday to escape the city under the supposed safety corridor, but Russian shelling began regardless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Mariupol, the Ukrainian National Guard said Russian forces encircled the port and continued to shell the area on Sunday as Russian media blamed Ukrainian forces for supposedly failing to uphold the ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The continued and increasing levels of violence are only fueling the scale of humanitarian disaster. In addition to those suffering on the ground, either due to lack of supplies, injuries, or death, a massive number of refugees are trying to escape under horrendous conditions. The U.N. estimates that 1.5 million have now fled, with almost 1 million refugees flooding into Poland alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>No-Fly Zone Debate<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Russia attacked Vinnytsia, a civilian town, destroying its airport with eight cruise missiles. The continued threat from the air is making the debate over the issue of a no-fly zone over Ukraine more central.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for a no-fly zone, which would mean NATO forces would actively prevent Russian planes from entering Ukrainian airspace \u2013 with the use of force if necessary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Putin has said he would consider this an act of war and the concern among many is that a western-enforced no-fly zone would escalate the conflict beyond Ukraine into what could become a world war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>NATO\u2019s Secretary General said NATO planes would not operate over Ukrainian airspace, and the United States\u2019 U.N. ambassador reiterated President Biden\u2019s position on American military intervention, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1500477777295855618\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cPresident Biden has been very, very clear that American troops will not be put on the ground or in the air\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_350980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Frederic-J.-BROWN-AFPFREDERIC-J.-BROWNContributor-via-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Frederic-J.-BROWN-AFPFREDERIC-J.-BROWNContributor-via-Getty-Images.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Frederic-J.-BROWN-AFPFREDERIC-J.-BROWNContributor-via-Getty-Images-300x179.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-350980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP\/FREDERIC J. BROWN\/Contributor via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2) Gas Prices Hit Record High<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The Topline: <\/b><span>This week, for the first time since 2008, the price of gasoline hit $4.00 a gallon, marking a drastic increase of 43 cents in one month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Prices<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Nationwide, the average price of gas is now slightly over $4.00 per gallon, which is the highest on record since 2008, when prices jumped to $4.11. The data show that every region is seeing a major spike. West Coast states are at $4.31, midwest states are at $3.47 a gallon, and even in the Gulf Coast, where prices are typically the lowest due to their proximity to oil reserves, prices are also at $3.31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Remember: <\/b><span>A gallon of gas at the end of 2020 was $2.12. The average household goes through around 90 gallons of gasoline a month, meaning people could be paying roughly $1,300 more for gas this year than last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Potential Causes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden and his administration are positioning the rising gas prices as the cost of holding Russia accountable. Prices have gone up 47 cents since the war started 12 days ago. Even though America only relies on Russia for around 8% of oil imports, Europe and Asia are very reliant on them. Now that more countries are unwilling or unable to purchase Russian oil, the global price is soaring, which impacts the price for everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, gas prices were already going up rapidly well before the conflict due to record inflation, supply chain backups, and a shift away from domestic energy production after President Donald Trump left office. America imported more Russian oil in 2021 than at any point in over a decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some commodity experts project prices to be at $4.25 a gallon by Memorial Day, while Tom Kloza from the Oil Price Information Service said he expects the price to top out around $4.50 a gallon in the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Russia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say it\u2019s outrageous to import Russian oil and essentially financially aid Putin during the war, and the Biden administration is feeling pressure to take action. Right now, however, they\u2019re not taking any concrete steps to ban Russian oil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cecilia Rouse, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors was asked about that last week and said, \u201cWe don\u2019t import a lot of Russian oil, but we are looking at options that we can take right now if we were to cut the U.S. consumption of Russian energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_350982\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350982\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Westend61-via-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Westend61-via-Getty-Images.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Westend61-via-Getty-Images-300x200-1.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-350982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westend61 via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>3) Hollywood Withdraws From Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The Topline: <\/b><span>Along with formal sanctions, American companies like McDonalds, Dell Computers, and Apple have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/business-a-lobbying\/596200-multinational-us-companies-flee-russia-amid-invasion\"><span>suspended sales<\/span><\/a><span> in the country and now, Hollywood is joining the backlash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Studios<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Last Monday, Disney said it was pulling its new Pixar animated movie \u2013 \u201cTurning Red\u201d \u2013 from the Russian market because of the war with Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement, the company said that \u201cgiven the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in Russia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The next day, Warner Bros. announced it, too, is pausing releases in Russia, meaning Russian audiences aren\u2019t going to get the new Batman movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After that, other major studios put out their own announcements, including Paramount, Universal, Sony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Motion Picture Association also put out a statement supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>China<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Some are criticizing the studios for hypocrisy regarding China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The country has notoriously committed genocide and forced sterilization of its Uyghur population, but that didn\u2019t stop Disney from filming in the area where the most egregious human rights abuses were happening \u2014 and publicly thanking local authorities. They\u2019ve also famously altered some content to avoid offending CCP censors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Remember: <\/b><span>Russia accounted for 2.8% of global ticket sales last year, but China represents 34% of the global box office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Studio defenders, however, claim that open war is different from human rights violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Defenders also point out that while studios may not be applying this policy uniformly to bad actors, it\u2019s better for them to take a stand here than stay silent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>And\u2026<\/b><span>With the SWIFT banking system down, it\u2019s not clear that studios would have been able to get their box office earnings out of Russia anyway \u2013 at least not soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_350985\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350985\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sergei-GuneyevTASS-via-Getty-Images-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sergei-GuneyevTASS-via-Getty-Images-.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Sergei-GuneyevTASS-via-Getty-Images--300x169.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-350985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergei GuneyevTASS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Other Stories We\u2019re Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Several news networks have stopped broadcasting from Russia. Among the networks are ABC, CBS, CNN, Bloomberg, BBC and CBC. The move comes after Russia\u2019s parliament passed a \u201cfake news\u201d law threatening to arrest journalists whose reports don\u2019t align with Russian propaganda. Journalists could face up to 15 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Monday, March 7th, and this is your Morning Wire. 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