Son of CIA Deputy Director Joined Russian Army and Was Killed in the War in Ukraine

A 21-year-old American, Michael Alexander Gloss, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and was killed in the war with Ukraine in 2024, IStories has found out. His mother, Julianne Gallina Gloss, is the Deputy Director for Digital Innovation at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

IStories discovered that Gloss had signed a contract with the Russian Armed Forces by analyzing data from the unified medical information and analytical system (EMIAS), which became publicly available as a result of a leak. Employees at the Moscow military contract recruitment center entered Gloss’s name into the database on September 5, 2023. As his place of residence — just like for hundreds of other foreign recruits — they listed the address of the recruitment center in Moscow: 5 Yablochkova Street, Building 1, apartment number 302. The medical examination room at the recruitment center has the same number.

According to an IStories source who was well acquainted with Gloss, the American was sent to assault units in December 2023. At that time, units of the 137th Regiment were operating northwest of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. Gloss was killed on April 4, 2024 — his family confirmed the information in an obituary. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown. According to the funeral home’s website, he was buried in the U.S. eight months after he was killed. Read the full story of Michael Gloss at the link.

Michael Gloss is one of more than 1,500 foreigners who passed through the Russian military recruitment center during the war in Ukraine, whose identities were established by IStories. In total, mercenaries from 48 countries — including EU states and the U.S. — are fighting on Russia’s side. You can read more about it here.