WASHINGTON, November 10. /TASS/. US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and negotiator Jared Kushner want to use the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi to set out solutions for settling the Ukraine conflict, the Axios news outlet reported, citing a US administration official.

"There is a shot to make significant progress towards a deal and to try and bridge the gaps," Axios quoted the official as saying. According to the source, Witkoff and Kushner want to "crystallize" the decisions that, in their view, Moscow and Kiev will have to make to end the conflict.

The news outlet said that US representatives have conducted daily calls with Russian and Ukrainian officials over the past two weeks to prepare for the discussions. The report noted that after the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Witkoff and Kushner may travel to Moscow and then to Kiev.

The Russia-US-Ukraine talks began in Abu Dhabi today. The Russian delegation is led by Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, while the Ukrainian delegation is headed by Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said the talks would focus on security guarantees.