Russian military build-up near Ukraine numbers more than 150,000 troops, EU's Borrell says

European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell speaks during a meeting via video conference with EU Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2021. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia has concentrated more than 150,000 troops on Ukraine's border and in annexed Crimea, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday after EU foreign ministers were briefed by Ukraine's foreign minister.

"It is more than 150,000 Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian borders and in Crimea. The risk of further escalation is evident," Borrell said, declining to give a source for the figure.