24 Feb 2022 --- Crude oil prices have shot up today after Russia launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine on three fronts. The price and availability of fossil fuels and metals integral to the packaging industry are expected to take a significant hit, although analysts remain hesitant to speculate on the rapidly-developing crisis. While Western leaders had hoped diplomacy could deescalate tensions along the Ukrainian-Russian borders, full-scale bombing campaigns and ground assaults have begun – even targeting the captial Kyiv, which reports describe as “under siege.”
