Donald Trump has given Hungary a one-year exemption from Russian oil and gas sanctions after the country's PM Viktor Orban visited DC, according to a White House official.

Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an industrial plant around 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) inside Russia, local officials said Tuesday, while Ukraine’s army remained locked in an intense battle to hold back a Russian push on the key city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region.

Russian air strikes hit civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, causing a massive fire and injuring one person, while other parts of the country saw emergency power cuts. Regional military administration head Oleh Kiper said on October 13 that ...