Currently Ukraine is in the finishing straight of the decentralization reform. The closer is the reform completion, the keener the discussion is. However, the discussion is often focused on political slogans and alleged threats rather than on concepts or reasoned propositions. Ivan Lukerya, a councilor of the Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, tries to clarify the essence of the reform and debunk all the myths around it in his article, contributed to the Ukrainska Pravda (the Ukrainian Truth).