The Guardian: CIA deputy director's son died in Ukraine fighting for Russia

Twenty-one-year-old American, Michael Alexander Gloss, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and lost his life fighting in the war against Ukraine in 2024, the independent Russian investigative portal reported. Stories.

What makes the story even more incredible is the fact that his mother, Julianne Gallina Gloss, is the CIA's deputy director for digital innovation.

According to data from the Moscow Medical Information Management System (EMIAS), which have been made public, Gloss signed the contract with the Russian military on September 5, 2023, writes The Guardian.

Gloss was registered in the system by employees of the center for recruiting contract soldiers in Moscow, and his residential address – like that of hundreds of other foreign volunteers – was the center's own address. This is also where medical examinations for candidates for recruitment are conducted.

According to a source close to Gloss, the American citizen was sent to the assault units in December 2023. At that time, the 137th regiment was operating northwest of Soledar in the Donetsk region.

Gloss died on April 4, 2024, a fact confirmed by his family's obituary. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown. According to the funeral home, he was buried in the United States a full eight months after his death.

Michael Gloss is one of more than 1500 foreign nationals who passed through the Moscow recruitment center during the war in Ukraine, whose identities have been revealed by IStories.

According to the portal's data, mercenaries from a total of 48 countries have joined the Russian side of the war, including member states of the European Union and the United States of America. /Telegraph/