Putin says Trump stressed issue of detained Ukrainian sailors


G20 countries' leaders and delegates, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, attend the leaders' dinner at Osaka Geihinkan in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. G20 Osaka Summit Photo/Handout via Reuters

OSAKA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the issue of Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia in 2018 had dominated his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit but no decision on the sailors' fate had been made yet.

The Russian navy captured the Ukrainian sailors and their three vessels in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, on Nov. 25, 2018, after opening fire on them.

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