KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ukraine's State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service has introduced a ban on the export of live pigs and pork from the villages of Komyshne, Kolesnykivka and Yuhanivka in Luhansk region in connection with a registered case of African swine fever (ASF).

"The three villages – Komyshne, Kolesnykivka and Yuhanivka – have now been quarantined. A ban on the export of pork from this area has been introduced in keeping with current laws," Director of the Veterinary Medicine Department Oleksandr Verzhyhovsky told Interfax-Ukraine.