The Central State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine has confirmed the presence of the H5 subtype avian influenza virus in dead birds in the village of Prysyvashshia, Sovetskyi district, and the village of Chornomorske, Chornomorske district, of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC). This was reported by Mykola Patsiuk, deputy head of the State Department of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine, according to Interfax-Ukraine.