Controversial Wagner Mercenary Group Advertises Near Moscow Highway.

A giant recruitment advert for Russia's Wagner mercenary force has appeared on the facade of an office building next to a highway in north-east Moscow. The group, which fights alongside Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, has sought to replenish troop numbers ahead of a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive. Wagner is thought to have sustained heavy losses as it battles for control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Its boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in March that he aimed to recruit 30,000 new fighters by mid-May. Private military companies are not allowed to operate inside Russia under the constitution, but can work abroad.