Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow has lost 5,937 soldiers in the Ukraine war, the first official sustained casualty figure Russia has given since late March, when its defense ministry said that 1,351 soldiers had died. Xoigu’s speech, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” of Russian troops, highlights an apparent contradiction between the relatively low casualty count claimed by the Kremlin and its moves to recruit reservists.