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The UN’s World Food Programme warned on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will likely increase fuel and food prices in war-torn Yemen, pushing more people into hunger as aid funding dwindles. The announcement came as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sending oil prices past $100 per barrel. European wheat prices also hit a record high on expectations of lower supplies as Ukraine and Russia are two of the world’s biggest producers. At the start of this year, WFP was forced to reduce food rations for eight million people in Yemen, where a seven-year-long civil war between…