There took place a ceremony of opening and consecrating the cross-stone dedicated to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Slavutich, in Kiev region.  The cross was consecrated by the heads of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church , Bishop Markos Hovhannisyan. According Genocide.org.ua, the opening ceremony was attended by Mayor Yuri Fomichev , representatives of local authorities , the head of the Armenian community in Kiev Norik Gevorgyan , representatives of the Armenian community, and local residents .

As reported earlier, the head of the Union of Armenians in Ukraine Vilen Shatvoryan had planned to set a monument in the memory of the victims of the genocide within the framework of the 100 th anniversary. There are other  crosses set in Nikolaev , Paltava , Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd , Uzhgorod, Khmelnitski, and other cities. In Kharkov there has been opened a monument to the Armenian Genocide victims.