KYIV, Jan 14 — Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Dmytro Salamatin, a Russian national, may have been a Russian spy and worked to undermine Ukraine’s military capabilities, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said.

Salamatin, an ally of former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, received Ukrainian citizenship in 2006. He was appointed the defense minister in 2012 after years in charge of the Ukrainian weapons exporting company.