A CIA spokesman said on Friday that the son of a senior official of the CIA died last year “during the fighting in the conflict in Ukraine.”
The spokesperson Michael Glos-the son of Julian Galina, Deputy Director of the CIA-confirmed-after a Russian news website stated that the 21-year-old American had participated in working with the Russian forces.
A CIA spokeswoman said that Galina and her family “suffered from an unimaginable personal tragedy in the spring of 2024 when her son Michael Glos, who struggled with mental health issues, died during fighting in the conflict in Ukraine.”
But the statement did not say any side that the shine was fighting for it at that time.
The spokesman said: “The CIA considers Michael’s exercise a special family issue for the Gloss family – not the issue of national security,” the spokesman said. “The entire CIA family is sad for its loss.”
The spokesman added: “Julian and her husband shared that” we love our son and the sadness of his loss every moment. We appreciate privacy at this difficult time. “
In social media publications last year, Michael Glass shared a picture of himself smiling in Red Square in Moscow and expressed his sympathy for Russia’s war effort against what he called the “Ukrainian agent war”.
he books That news coverage of the war, which he invited “Western propaganda,” He was hiding the reality of the conflict in which the corrupt Ukrainian army was not corrupt and had no match for the Russian forces.
“Ross is slaughtering Dim children on the horizon,” he wrote.
On his page on the Russian social media website VKontakte, the background image appears to Gloss in Red Square, war advertisement in the Soviet era.
Russian news site Important stories He was the first to report Gloss. Quoting the information of the Russian government and the social media of Gloss, and its extensive foreign trips, which reached its climax in joining the Russian army.
According to the family published by the family last year, Gloss died “while traveling in Eastern Europe”, but he did not mention Russia or the war in Ukraine.
He added that he lived “a brief life, but very beautiful until he took us during his trips abroad.”
“Michael should remember his noble heart and the spirit of the warrior,” said obituary.
She reached Friday, and Michael Gloss Mother, Mary Cook, rejected the details of the death of her grandson and instead referred questions to her daughter Galina.
Cook said: “My daughter and her son -in -law are the best fathers I have seen in my life.” “This is a tragedy.”
It was gallon It was appointed last year To his current position at the CIA and occupy the roles of senior technology and cybersecurity. She also worked as an executive director at IBM and started her career as a coding officer in the navy, retired from marine reserves in 2013.
in interview With NBC News last year, Gallina discussed the threats posed by China and Russia for US cyber security.
Luminous father, Larry Sitt, is an old warrior in the navy Serve In the desert storm process and works in cybersecurity in the private sector.
Michael Sitt joined the Octon High School in the Vienna suburb in northern Virginia, where he played football and acre, according to social media. Later on the Atlantic Ocean College at Bar Harbour, Maine, where he studied the human environment, according to his curse.
The obituary said that “Michael grew up to be strong and physical, tall, studied and principled, and from an early age, he used these strengths to protect and guard all shapes – whether on the field, in the field or in politics.”
The obituary make suggestions for reasons for donating those Michael Gloss, including charitable institutions devoted to helping refugees and protect the environment. A charitable institution has also suggested “We hope to help others”, the National Coalition for Mental Diseases.
