welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we ll turn to the war in ukraine in a moment, but first an update on the primary school car crash in south west london. a girl has died after a land rover crashed into the study primary school in wimbledon on thursday morning. the metropolitan police also said a woman in her 40s had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. we re expecting a police press conference in the next few minutes we will keep an on that and keep it on screen so that we can take it as soon as it starts. but first. . .. let s turn to the news that the wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin, has left belarus and may be in the russian city of st petersburg. that s according to the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko. mr prigozhin led wagner s short lived mutiny in russia last month. mr lukashenko said he had in his words offered to let mr prigozhin bed down in belarus. on
still like virtually all ukrainians we meet, she s both stoic and confident in her country. are you worried about the war? many of us, yes. but we are staying calm because we understand if we will be nervous and with a different panic, it will be not so good for us. like most ukrainians, nervous but unafraid. and that s all we have this hour. i m michael holmes live in lviv, ukraine. i m john vause in atlanta. michael and i will be back with more news in just a moment. stay with us. you re watching cnn. hey, you two. check out all these camera views in my silverado i can see in froront of me, behind me, on either side o of me. and it has this cam, so i can see if there s any funny business going on.
physical action. it s also economic. it s cyber, diplomatic. you know, the businesses are suffering now, and the resources from development from business investments into protecting operations, and so if it continues, there will be harassment. there will be damage. so that s a part of pressure. not so many customers because we are daria manages a popular burger joint in lviv. people are still coming in, but she s worried about what might come. are you worried about how an invasion might affect business? yes. it s it s really hard because it s more psychology situation, not only about food, not only about smiles.
decision to immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the donetsk people s republic and the luhansk people s republic. meantime, ukraine s president delivered his own address to the nation. volodymyr zelenskyy saying russia s actions violate his country s national integrity and sovereignty, and ukraine will not, quote, give away anything to anyone. now, an invasion by russian forces could have a devastating impact, of course, on ukraine s economy and local businesses as well. some say the escalating tensions are already having an effect. this individual manages a small clothing and souvenir business in central lviv, trying to ignore the drumbeat of possible war echoing around her country. translator: the situation was a lot better after the new year, but now you can feel the difference. less tourists means less
three russian cosmonauts have arrived at the international space station. but are they wearing the colours of ukraine? a formal deadline has passed for interested parties to submit bids to buy chelsea football club. the asking price is said to be around $4 billion. russia is continuing its assault on multiple fronts across ukraine, with one of the latest attacks, a missile strike on an army barracks in the southern city of mykolaiv. reports suggest at least 45 ukrainian soldiers were killed. earlier, there was an attack on an aircraft repair plant in relatively unscathed western ukraine, near the city of lviv. there were no casualties. lviv has been receiving hundreds of refugees from mariupol in the south