Post maidan Ukraine definitely is 404 and whatever is left of it will not be the same.

Regarding the rare earths: I don't really understand what people are talking about. 80% of the good stuff is I the Donbass and the Americans aren't getting any of that. And western Ukraine doesn't really have anything that no other courty has.

So, what is Zelensky actually selling? I'm starting to suspect that the "500 billion" of rare earths is a token so that Trump doesn't have to return empty handed when this is over and present himself as a deal maker.