The head of the department at the Institute of History of Ukraine of the NAS of Ukraine, corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine, Larysa Yakubova, in an interview with the Apostrophe TV channel, spoke about manipulations of history, the myth of the "triune fraternal Slavic peoples," the thorny path of the formation of the Ukrainian nation, and the climactic moment for Russians today – either to "be born" or disappear forever.