An amount of 46.7% of Ukrainian citizens polled by Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation spoke in favor of Ukraine as a unitary state, but only if decentralization of the power is carried and rights of the regions are enlarged.

Being asked a relative question, a total of 25.4% of polled said they support unitary state system of the country, when the regions have the same tights as today; 11.4% of people polled said they back up a federal state of Ukraine; 16.5% found it difficult to answer.

Moreover, 84.2% of the respondents gave negative response, 7.3% gave affirmative response, and 8.55 found it difficult to answer the question "Would like your region separated from Ukraine and become an independent state".

Being asked whether one wish his region to become separate from Ukraine and join another state, 85.8% of Ukrainians said "no"; 5.8% said "yes", and 8.4% found it difficult to answer.

The nationwide public moods survey was conducted by the foundation in cooperation with Kyiv International Institute of Sociology from September 12 until September 21, 2014. A total of 2,035 respondents were surveyed in 110 residential areas in all the regions of the country, except for Luhansk and Crimea. The poll's margin of error does not exceed 2.2%.