Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it had completely halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland due to the two countries' non-payment of fuel payments in rubles.

and stated that supplies will stop until payments are made.

On the other hand, data from the European Union's network of gas transport service operators, according to Reuters, today showed that Russian gas supplies under the Yamal contract to Poland increased again after dropping to zero earlier.

At 4:22 GMT, physical gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline from Belarus to Poland recorded 3,449,688 kWh.