{
  "id": 16145470,
  "title": "How are Ukraine strikes, Mideast war driving US fuel prices?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/how-are-ukraine-strikes-mideast-war-driving-us-fuel-prices",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T02:30:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/how-are-ukraine-strikes-mideast-war-driving-us-fuel-prices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ahead of next month's midterm US elections, Donald Trump has increasingly blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for surging energy prices back home, which are causing the president political headaches. However, analysts say the main driver of higher fuel prices remains the US–Iran war. - Which Russian sites have been targeted? -",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}