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Since the Ukraine war started, hundreds of thousands of parents have received the heartbreaking news that a son or daughter has been killed fighting in this war. One set of grieving parents caught my attention. The mother is Juliane Gallina, who is the Deputy Director of the CIA for Digital Innovation, and Larry Gloss, who is a US Navy veteran. The unfortunate young man killed in combat was 21-year-old Michael Gloss. One would expect that the young man was part of some elite CIA team or a member of a US special operations unit like the US Navy Seals. Much to my surprise, Michael was fighting as a member of the Russian army. Here is the story: CIA deputy director’s son killed in action after enlisting in the Russian military By Mike Heuer, 1 days ago April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. citizen Michael Gloss, 21, died a year ago in Ukraine while a member of the Russian military and deployed in Ukraine. The aftermath of a Russian rocket attack in the Dnipro region, Ukraine, is shown on January 8, 2024, and before Michael Gloss' death after enlisting in the Russian military. File Photo by EPA-EFE/Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Gloss was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Juliane Gallina and Larry Gloss, who is a U.S. Navy veteran, the New York Post reported. Larry Gloss attributed mental illness and a desire to create a water purification system in Russia to his son's enlistment in the Russian military. "One of the manifestations of his mental illness was grandiosity," Gloss said of his son. "He always cared about the environment. He always wanted to take care of those disadvantaged and less able." He said Michael Gloss wanted to become a Russian citizen to pursue his desire to create an effective water purification system and viewed enlistment in the Russian military as the fastest way to earn citizenship there. An obituary published on April 4, 2024, said Michael Gloss had a "noble heart and warrior spirit" and "was tragically killed in Eastern Europe," the New York Post reported. After enlisting, he was assigned to Russia's 137th Ryazan Airborne Regiment, where he served alongside mostly Nepalese citizens who also enlisted in the Russian military. A CIA spokesperson on Friday confirmed Michael Gloss died while fighting in Ukraine, but did not say for whom he was fighting, NBC News reported. "CIA considers Michael's passing to be a private family matter for the Gloss Family [and] not a national security issue," the spokesperson said in a prepared statement. "The entire CIA family is heartbroken for their loss," the spokesperson said. "Juliane and her husband shared that 'we adored our son and grieve his loss every moment.'" In social media posts made last year sympathized with Russia in what he called a "Ukraine proxy war." He called news coverage of the Ukraine war "Western propaganda" and said Russia's military was "slaughtering" Ukrainian soldiers. Gallina is a technology and cybersecurity expert who has worked for the CIA for many years and was promoted to her current post last year. She is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was the first woman to lead a brigade of midshipmen while enrolled at the academy.

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