Cobra made us laugh; it's a big game between Russia and America, and Ukraine is just a bargaining chip. But for America, Ukraine and Russia are the same.

"You sit here, gentlemen ministers, and think that all of Europe is looking at you... No, for them, we are a minor politician, you could say – no politician at all..." (A. Tolstoy, "Peter the First").

You are wrong! Russia and China are currently hindering America's direct imperialism.
If Russia behaves more aggressively on the international stage, all that the US and the EU can do is bark louder, get more upset, and isolate Russia. However, Russia doesn't need this EU.
No country in the EU can survive on its own. There are approximately 500 million people in the entire EU, but unemployment is higher than in Russia, and all development has stalled.
Russia has excellent allies – the BRICS countries. You couldn't ask for better. And also Belarus.

As for Ukraine, there is a possibility of its Schism into Eastern and Western parts. Many residents of the Eastern part love Russians and want to join Russia. Western Ukrainians, on the other hand, are oriented towards the West. And I will gladly say that I will welcome Eastern Ukrainians in my country, hug each one, and shake their hands. As for the Western ones, who are full of anti-Russian sentiments, and in whose schools history is taught with a bias towards the US being good and Russia being bad, let them sell themselves to the West, join the EU, and completely destroy their historical East Slavic culture and roots. We don't need them!