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Razom We Stand is pleased to invite you to our #COP31 side event "Critical Minerals for Ukraine's Green Recovery: From Extraction to Clean Industry" 📅 16 November at 09:00 (local time) 📍 Ukraine Pavilion session, Blue Zone, COP31 Ukraine adopted its Strategy for the Development of Industries Based on Critical Minerals to 2056 this year, and the EU–Ukraine Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials and Batteries is moving into implementation. As the sector accelerates, the decisive question is no longer only whether Ukraine can supply transition minerals, but how: who takes part in decisions, who benefits, and which environmental and governance safeguards are built in from the start rather than added once projects are already advanced. The panel will bring together government, civil society, standards organisations and industry to discuss community participation, local benefit-sharing, transparency and responsible standards, and whether Ukraine's reconstruction can offer a model with lessons beyond its borders. Speakers: • Dr. Michael Rodi, Executive and Scientific Director, IKEM • Angela Asuncion, Regional Coordinator – Asia Pacific, Resource Justice Network • Sunil Acharyaa, Just Transition Lead, Re-course Moderated by Javier Casas, Energy Transition Minerals Campaigner, Razom We Stand. Places are limited. Please pre-register here: https://lnkd.in/dVWvtRvc Please note that the session takes place in the Blue Zone, and in-person attendance requires a valid COP31 accreditation badge issued by the UNFCCC. We would be glad to see you there, and please feel free to share this event with colleagues who may be interested.

Russia’s Arctic #LNG fleet has one last friend in the EU, #Denmark. On Thursday, 1 October, dozens of protesters gathered beside Copenhagen’s Marble Church with a simple demand: #Fayard must stop repairing the specialised Arc7 tankers that keep Russia’s Arctic LNG exports moving. Organised by the AUD: Association of Ukrainians in Denmark / Association af Ukrainere i Danmark and Urgewald, with support from Razom We Stand and B4Ukraine, the protest spotlights a shipyard that plays a key role in keeping Russia’s LNG fleet operational. Fayard is the last known EU shipyard still servicing these vessels, which are central to Russia’s Yamal LNG project. After Damen Shiprepair Brest in France stopped servicing Arc7 tankers in 2024, the Danish yard became the fleet’s remaining European maintenance option. Since late June, Fayard has serviced Rudolf Samoylovich, Georgiy Brusilov and Boris Davydov. A fourth tanker, Nikolay Yevgenov, is currently undergoing maintenance service at Fayard. The political pressure is growing. More than 100 European parliamentarians have called on Fayard to stop servicing the fleet, while Fayard says its work complies with the sanctions framework currently in force. But there is a bigger question here. What does it mean to keep critical infrastructure for Russia’s Arctic energy exports running from European soil, even as Europe prepares to shut the door on Russian LNG? The EU’s new restrictions on relevant maintenance and other services take effect on 1 January 2027. That makes the repairs being carried out now particularly significant: work completed today could help keep these specialised vessels operating for years. The protesters’ message is clear: Fayard should draw the line now and refuse further Arc7 repairs. Share this post. Silence is exactly what keeps these ships afloat.

We are calling on the CEO of FAYARD A/S, Thomas Andersen, one of Denmark’s largest shipyard executives, to visit Kyiv and see what Russia’s war actually looks like for the people living through it every day, and to hear why Ukrainians find the Danish shipyard FAYARD’s continued servicing of Arc7 tankers sustaining Russia’s Arctic LNG trade impossible to accept. Only this morning, the 15th of September, one man was killed, and eight people were injured in Russian attacks in #Kyiv alone. These were people who were simply living at home, no different than people who happened to have been born in your home country of Denmark. As our colleagues live in Kyiv and struggle with war every day, we are ready to show what this war looks like and what the price of the world’s addiction to Russian fossil fuels is. Our Founder and Executive Director, Svitlana Romanko, addressed this issue in an open letter published in Danish media outlet Politiken. She said: "So, Mr Andersen, come to Kyiv. Meet people who spend nights sheltering from Russian attacks. Visit buildings damaged by missiles. Speak to families whose homes have been destroyed and people who have lost relatives… Then return to #Denmark and make the decision again. Ask yourself whether maintaining vessels that keep Russia’s Arctic #LNG trade moving is something you want to defend simply because European #sanctions have not yet forced you to stop."

Germany is naming Russia as responsible for the drone attacks on #Leipzig/Halle Airport. But is it doing enough? Officials say Russia was behind the attacks, after explosive-laden drones were found at the airport on 4–5 August and again in late August. Germany has responded by closing Russia’s last remaining consulate, in Bonn, shutting the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin, and tightening entry controls for Russian citizens. These are the first steps. But Razom We Stand warns that Germany’s response risks stopping at weak symbolism, as the real problem is that German money continues to flow to Russia, helping fund its brutal war. Germany’s state-owned energy company, #SEFE, still imports 2.9 million tonnes of Russian #LNG every year, around 70% of its LNG portfolio. And since the EU’s 19th #sanctions package took effect in late 2025, SEFE has had the legal right to exit its Russian LNG contract by invoking force majeure. Razom We Stand is calling on the German government to end SEFE’s Russian LNG contract without further delay, and to move from statements to concrete boarding and inspections of shadow-fleet tankers in German waters. Germany must also show strong leadership in the upcoming EU 22nd Sanctions Package negotiations and work to end European consumption of and support for Russia’s fossil-fuel export economy. If Russia is a threat to European security, Europe should not keep paying for the fossil fuels that sustain its war machine. #Russland #Sicherheitspolitik #HybrideBedrohung #Außenpolitik #Germany #BreakingNews #GeoPolitics #DroneAttack #Europe #NATO

UK Government contract with Russia-friendly Total is “Indefensible” Despite bans on direct energy imports and sanctions, the UK still has links to Russia’s fossil fuel industry, helping fund the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. We are calling on new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to cancel a multibillion-pound #Whitehall gas contract with a company that continues to profit from Russian fossil fuels. The contract expires early next year and is now effectively up for renewal. In 2024, the government’s public-sector gas supply deal with TotalEnergies Gas & Power, the UK subsidiary of French energy giant TotalEnergies, was revealed. The new contract is worth up to £2 billion. At the same time, TotalEnergies still owns a 20% stake in Russia’s Yamal #LNG gas project. Its boss, Patrick Pouyanné, said last month that the company still makes $400 million a year (£293 million) from selling Russian LNG. Dr Svitlana Romanko, Executive Director of Razom We Stand, said the deal is “indefensible” given the company’s Russian links. TotalEnergies supplies gas for heating and cooking to virtually all of Whitehall, including No. 10 Downing Street, as well as NHS hospitals, schools and other public buildings. Speaking to POLITICO Europe journalist Charlie Cooper, Dr Romanko said: “The government has found the resolve to sanction Russian banks and tankers. And now it’s time for the new prime minister and his government to show the same resolve at home.” Please share this post and contact your UK government representatives to oppose the contract. Russia’s war continues to cost Ukrainian lives and inaction comes at a deadly cost.

In July 2026, the five largest EU importers of Russian fossil fuels paid Russia a combined €1.3 billion. At the same time, the United Nations reported that civilian deaths in Ukraine reached their highest monthly level since the opening months of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. At least 437 civilians were killed, and 2,610 were injured in July, a 30% increase compared with June and a 70% increase compared with July 2025. According to Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Hungary was the EU’s largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels in July (€486 million), followed by Slovakia, Belgium and France. Moreover, last month 100% of Belgium’s #LNG imports came from Russia. This is deeply troubling. European countries cannot continue to finance Russia’s fossil-fuel revenues while Ukraine pays the price in human lives. The EU must close the remaining loopholes, end Russian fossil-fuel imports, and ensure that our energy policy is aligned with our commitment to Ukraine and European security.