If I read the mineral deal right, and I could easily be wrong, it sounds like the less military aid Ukraine gets from the US, the less the deal costs Ukraine. So I suspect they're going to lean on EU deals as much as possible.

And while a peace deal might stop open warfare, I expect Kyiv will have a strong motivation to over arm themselves, probably with the assistance and collaboration with Poland, until Putin is dead. After that will depend on his successor.

USA corps got rare earth minerals. Now Ukraine gets $50 mn? Was it worth it?

All the Republicans who have been complaining about giving them money, are they still going to complain about this?