White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appears to be trying to blunt the impact of today’s expected inflation numbers, warning they will be “extraordinarily elevated.”

She was quick to focus blame for soaring inflation rates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite it trending upward since the day President Biden entered the White House.

“We expect March CPI headline inflation to be extraordinarily elevated due to Putin’s price hike,” Psaki told reporters at a press briefing Wednesday.