5 things to know for Thursday, March 17, 2022 – CTV News

March 17, 2022

Hundreds are feared trapped in a Ukraine theatre hit by a Russian airstrike, travellers may soon face a rush on booking getaways, and Kanye West is suspended from Instagram for posting a racial slur. Here’s what you need to know today.

1. Shelter strike: Ukrainian authorities struggled to determine the fate of hundreds of civilians who were sheltering in a theatre smashed by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol.

2. Ballerina protest: One of the stars of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, Olga Smirnova, has quit the company over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that “we cannot remain indifferent.”

3. Deadly crash: Two golfing students from Ontario are in critical condition after a crash that killed nine people in Texas.

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