and $ 7,500 billion worth of rare earth minerals with them too.

The real reason baroness Ursula von der Leyen and her EU * have zero interests in peace negotiations with Russia. She needs them for her Green Deal.

https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-and-ukraine-kick-start-strategic-partnership-raw-materials-2021-07-13_en

So the EU let the US-UK military complex kill all hope for peace in back April 2022. https://scheerpost.com/2022/09/01/report-russia-ukraine-tentatively-agreed-on-peace-deal-in-april/