Gazprom confirmed on Tuesday that it will inject natural gas into five European underground storage facilities this month, following an order from President Vladimir Putin to fill warehouses in Germany and Austria, EFE reports.

“Gazprom has approved and started implementing the plan to inject gas into five European underground storage facilities in November,” the consortium said in a short message on its official Telegram channel.

“Gas transportation volumes and routes have been determined,” company officials said, without giving further details, according to Agerpres.

According to the official TASS agency, direct gas supplies through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline to Germany resumed on Monday afternoon and more than doubled.

On Tuesday, the volume rose to about 860,000 cubic meters per hour, compared to 360,000 cubic meters on Monday afternoon, according to German operator Gascade.

The Yamal-Europe gas pipeline crosses the territory of four countries: Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany.

In addition, gas transit requests through Ukraine and Slovakia rose to about 83 million cubic meters on Tuesday from 75.2 million cubic meters on Monday, Slovak transport operator Eustream said.

According to Interfax, supplies for transit through Ukraine have already increased by 50% compared to November 1.

Two weeks ago, Putin ordered Gazprom President Alexei Miller to fill warehouses in Austria and Germany after completing the filling of Russian reserves. He emphasized that the move would “enable Gazprom’s commitments in Europe to be fulfilled reliably, stably and at a good pace” and “supply its European gas partners for the autumn and winter”.