the sturm and drang.

The Russians and the rebels certainly have no desire to negotiate.

So there is no liklihood of peace breaking out.

Because the West, by and large, does not want to get into WWIII with Russia.

and your post reads a lot like "Ukraine should just close her eyes and try to enjoy it"

Pretty much as it always has been.

(the parts with mineral or strategic value), call themselves some kind of bullshit independent republic but functionally become part of Russia.

Ukraine, with aid from the west, fortifies its military border with that area but waives any territorial claim on those lands so it can be eligible for NATO membership, arms, and protection.

New, more localized Cold War becomes permanent, as do sanctions on Russia for its de facto annexation of Ukrainian territory.

There will be no second reset, as Americans and Russians both realize it was not communism vs capitalism but rather raw power that drove the first Cold War antagonism.