Ukraine: What happened today, Thursday, April 14

Exactly seven weeks from the onset of the invasion, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney arrives in Kyiv while Russians face charges for speaking out against the war and Ukrainian forces claim to have hit a Russian flagship.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba lay flowers at a memorial wall in Kyiv on Thursday, as Mr Coveney said the killing of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces is likely to be a war crime.

It is now exactly seven weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney stating Ireland is strongly pushing for a "maximalist" package of sanctions against Russia during a trip to the Ukrainian capital today.

Hundreds of Russians are now reportedly facing “false information” charges for speaking out on the war.