Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Wildberries ‘aren’t about the front line’

Many have compared Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, to Amazon, and some claim that, as in the case of the US company, shopping on its website or app feels addictive.“I know many people that are really addicted to it,” Aleksandra, an accountant and mother in the Urals Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest, told Al Jazeera, withholding her last name for security purposes. “They add things to their basket, wait for discounts, make up their minds about what to buy, then decide to buy it again.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Russian forces kill several in Ukraine, launch ‘brutal’ attack in Odesalist 2 of 4‘Like the movies’: How Ukraine’s ground robots are changing rules of warlist 3 of 4Inside a secret launch site for Ukraine’s deep-strike droneslist 4 of 4‘New level of danger’: Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine warend of listShe found the site particularly useful while briefly living in the countryside, where otherwise she would have had to travel to the nearest town for shopping.Mere hours after being interviewed by Al Jazeera, Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg, 2,087km (1,297 miles) from the Uk...