Overview
- Flora 1, which Swedish aircraft flagged after a 12‑kilometer slick was seen east of Gotland on Thursday, was ordered to anchor near Ystad on Friday.
- The ship was released the same day as prosecutors questioned the crew and named two people as suspects in an environmental crime case without making arrests.
- Authorities said the spill is limited, with estimates ranging from about 1.7 to 18 cubic meters, and they expect it will not reach shore.
- Officials confirmed the tanker is on the EU sanctions list, and Ukrainian intelligence links it to a covert network that moves Russian oil outside normal controls.
- MarineTraffic data shows the vessel left Russia’s Primorsk, with earlier listings pointing to Santos, Brazil, as its destination, as investigators review its paperwork and voyage details.