Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner want to use the Abu Dhabi talks to "save" the decisions Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky will have to make, a US source told Axios. For the past two weeks, Witkoff and Kushner have been calling Russian and Ukrainian officials daily and sometimes several times a day to prepare for the next talks. US officials who briefed reporters on Monday expressed a positive attitude, despite skepticism in Europe and Ukraine about Putin's willingness to end the war. "There is an opportunity to make significant progress in reaching an agreement and try to bridge the differences... Bringing the parties back to the negotiating table was not easy, and we as mediators see promising signs, said the official. Witkoff and Kushner worked for weeks to convince Vladimir Putin to resume talks. President Trump and his team hope that Putin will be more inclined to compromise after the US sanctions the sale of Russian diesel and takes further steps accepted by Moscow. "Our relationship with Putin will play a crucial role in these negotiations," the official said. After meetings in Abu Dhabi, Witkoff and Kukushner may travel to Moscow and Kiev for direct talks with Putin and Zensky, a US official said. The talks in Abu Dhabi will take place on two tracks: a military working group led by the commander of NATO's joint forces in Europe, General Aleksos Grinkiewicz, will discuss the follow-up of the post-war measures and security. During the last round of talks in February, the working group made significant progress. The political working group will deal with the most sensitive issue: territorial claims. No progress on this issue in February.