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Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US have officially kicked off two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, their first face-to-face meeting since February, as the Trump administration makes another run at ending a war that’s nearing its fifth year.

Getting into it: The US is represented by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff, while Ukraine’s delegation is led by foreign intelligence chief Rustem Umerov and Russia’s by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, joined for the first time by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. US officials said the first day will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine and a broader rethink of Europe’s security setup, with the second day turning to territory.

A US official said both sides have signaled some “flexibility” behind closed doors on trading territory and that any land deal would probably be one of the last pieces settled, though a senior Ukrainian official pushed back hard, saying Kyiv won’t consider giving up land. The US official also said a NATO-style mutual defense guarantee for Ukraine is on the table, and it’s Trump’s call whether to offer one.

Russia occupies about 20% of Ukraine, and Putin still insists on getting all of the eastern Donbas region, cutting the size of Ukraine’s military and blocking it from joining NATO. Officials from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the EU are in Abu Dhabi but won’t sit in on the main talks after Russia objected, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying the talks are strictly between Russia and Ukraine with the US as mediator. US officials said they want Europe at the table in the next round.

European foreign ministers meeting in Paris for G7 talks pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday for a say in any deal, after Trump said a peace agreement “might involve all of Europe.” Rubio said the process still has “a ways to go.” Trump, meanwhile, told “60 Minutes” in an interview broadcast Sunday that Ukraine could end up losing some land.

This all comes as Russia steps up strikes on Ukraine’s power grid heading into winter, with civilian deaths at their highest level of the war, while Zelensky hopes Democrats’ midterm wins will boost US support for Kyiv.