Germany faces the "bitter reality" that Russia will not restore gas supplies to the country, the German economy minister said on Monday ahead of the planned stoppage by state energy giant Gazprom of exports to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday (April 26) that Poland’s gas supplies were secure after Russian energy giant Gazprom said it cut off deliveries of gas to the Polish state-controlled oil and gas company.