An American identified as the son of an assistant director of the CIA was killed in the east Ukraine In 2024 while he was under contract for the Russian army, according to an investigation by independent Russian media.
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on April 4, 2024 in “Eastern Europe”, according to a Bishop published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who was appointed Deputy Director of Digital Innovation at the Central Intelligence Agency in February 2024.
The story of the way in which the son of a high-level American spy died in the process of fighting for the large-scale invasion of Vladimir Putin of Ukraine of Ukraine is an unlikely story of the way local anger in the United States and online radicalization came from a middle-class Virginia childhood in the fields of killing the east of Ukraine.
On a page of Vkontakte attributed to Gloss, a secondary football player born of parents who both served in the army, he described himself as “a supporter of the multipolar world. I fled from my home. I traveled the world. I hate fascism. I love my homeland. ” He also displayed the flags of Russia and Palestine.
According to the Istories website, Gloss is one of the more than 1,500 foreigners who have signed contracts with the Russian army since February 2022. The Database of the Registration Office was then disclosed, the exhibitor as having signed the contract in September 2023. Sources told Istories that Gloss had been deployed with “assault units”, those that engaged in front line fights, in December 2023. A knowledge of the Ukrainian posts had been deployed near the city of Soledar.
“With his noble heart and his warrior spirit, Michael forged the journey of his own hero when he was tragically killed in Eastern Europe on April 4, 2024,” wrote his family in Billology, which did not mention Russia and Ukraine or discussed the circumstances of his death.
At university, the gloss was active in gender equality and circles of environmental protest. He joined Rainbow Family, an environmental left protest group, and in 2023 went to Hatay, Turkey, to help take over after The earthquake that killed more than 56,000 people. He had also become more and more angry with the United States for his support for Israel and the war in Gaza.
In Türkiye, Gloss began to express the desire to go to Russia. “He generally watched videos on Palestine and was so angry with America,” said an knowledge of the Istories. “He started thinking about going to Russia. He wanted to wage war in the United States. But I think he was very influenced by the videos of conspiracy theory. ”
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After receiving a visa for Russia, he traveled across the country before arriving in Moscow, where he joined the army shortly before the expiration of his documents. Photographs and videos obtained by Istories have shown that he had been sent to a Russian training camp, where he mainly formed alongside Nepalese contractual soldiers. Three months after enrollment, said an acquaintance, he was deployed in Ukraine as a member of an assault battalion.
A certain number of knowledge declared to the point of sale that he had not been interested in fighting, but hoped that the army would allow him to receive a Russian passport and stay in the country.
The circumstances of Gloss' death are not known. A friend said that his family had been informed by the Russian government of his death, but that had little information. “It was announced that he died inside the borders of Ukraine,” wrote the friend. “We do not know if he participated in the war. They have provided no other detailed information. “
It was not clear if the Russians were verifying the history on the brilliant or knew the identity of his mother. The Guardian approached the CIA to comment on the reports.
