Michael Gloss was the son of a veteran from Iraq, Larry Gloss, and deputy director for digital innovation in CIA Julianne Gloss. The young American (born 2003) at the turn of 2022 and 2023 left the USA and began to visit the world. He traveled, among others After Italy, the Balkans and Turkey. In August 2023, he came to Russia through Georgia. He went from the Caucasus to the Moscow region to the music festival. In the capital he also wanted to extend his visa.
The American rose to the army of Vladimir Putin
As Important Stories writes, on September 5 his data appeared in the base of the Recruitment Center from abroad. This is how he went to the Training Center near Moscow, where he had a two -week initial training. Then he went to the 137th Airborne Regiment of the Guard in Ryazan. He was assigned to the assault unit there. In December 2023, he found a front around the city of Sołedar.
“He was an avid supporter of Russia”
On March 28, 2024, his regiment began an attack on Ukrainian positions. Gloss died on April 4. It is not known under what circumstances.
A colleague from the unit in Ryazan said Important Stories that Gloss's motivation to go to war was easy to understand.
“He was an avid supporter of Russia and loved this country. After arriving in Moscow, he himself decided that he wanted to be useful during the invasion, but he did not intend to grab the weapon,” says a military one quoted by Important Stories.
How many foreigners enlisted to the Russian army to fight in Ukraine?
It is difficult to provide precise numbers regarding foreigners in the Russian army, because official data on this subject is secret. In the spring of 2024, hackers were attacking the servers of the Moscow town hall and stole data from a uniform information and medical analysis system.
They show that from April 2023 to May 2024 through the recruitment point for contract soldiers of the Russian army at ul. Jabłoczkowa 5 in Moscow over 1.5 thousand volunteers, including Asia and Africa.
