Russian forces have suffered over 2,000 casualties in a single day for the first time, according to the Ukrainian military.

Kyiv’s general staff reported on Friday that 2,030 Russian troops had been lost over the past 24 hours. It did not specify if these were dead, killed, captured or missing.

The figure surpassed the previous record of 1,950 casualties that Ukraine said Russia suffered on Nov 12.

In the same report, the general staff said Russia had lost 33 troop-carrying fighting vehicles, 34 artillery pieces, 89 tactical drones and one anti-aircraft system over the previous day.

Despite heavy losses, Russia has been advancing at its quickest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion, when Moscow’s forces swept through swathes of Ukraine before being pushed back to eastern and southern Russian territory.