Russia had however announced on Friday that the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which passes under the Baltic Sea to connect Russia to Germany and other Western European countries, would not restart as planned this Saturday. Gazprom will deliver 42.7 million cubic meters of gas to Europe via Ukraine this Saturday, the Russian gas giant said, hours after announcing that deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline would not resume. not as expected. Throughput at the Sudja entry point on the Russian-Ukrainian border was slightly above its level on Friday but not enough to offset the volumes that were expected via Nord Stream 1. Russia announced on Friday that The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to connect Russia with Germany and other Western European countries, would not restart as planned this Saturday, due to an oil leak detected at the course of maintenance operations over the past few days. Read also: War in Ukraine: Gazprom stops gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline The German group Siemens Energy, which usually carries out maintenance operations on the Nord Stream 1 turbines but has not been associated this time with the work carried out by Gazprom, considered that the leak reported by the Russian group in no way justified the stoppage of the gas pipeline. Read also: Energy crisis: Gazprom further reduces its deliveries to Engie from this Tuesday, Paris denounces the use of gas as a “weapon of war”