Nearly 200,000 Russian troops on border: Ukraine president

On the Ukrainian border "nearly 200,000 soldiers are stationed, (as are) thousands of combat vehicles," Zelensky said in an address to the nation.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksy said on Wednesday that Russia had massed nearly 200,000 troops on Ukraine's borders as a conflict between the two neighbours appeared increasingly likely.

Ukrainian President Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (AP)

On the Ukrainian border "nearly 200,000 soldiers are stationed, (as are) thousands of combat vehicles," Zelensky said in an address to the nation.