Yes, the news is all about inflation and the crashing financial markets. War in the Ukraine is a distant 3^rd place as far as forthcoming elections are concerned. To put this in perspective, I recommend the book that the following clip is taken from:  

“The primary professional criticism of inflation numbers in the 1970s was that they overemphasized the rising costs of volatile components such as energy and food and overstated the impact of rising prices on both the system as a whole and on individual families. Because energy costs spiked sharply and quickly after the Arab oil embargo in 1973, it appeared that inflation had jumped. Of course, it did jump, but critics rightly pointed out that those prices also receded quickly after the crisis abated.”  

Karabell, Zachary. The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World (p. 128). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

Yes, we had a war then, too, Vietnam, and a political scandal, White Water. Most importantly, realize that GDP, CPI, Unemployment, and Consumer Confidence do not accurately measure what happened, is happening, or will happen in the economy. They are seriously flawed indicators that have been revised many times… because they didn’t work.