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cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/6224801

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: "I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism."

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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[–] tauren@lemm.ee 23 points 8 hours ago

Bro didn't like that Israel invaded Gaza, so he joined Russian army in their invasion of Ukraine to make it right 🤷‍♂️

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago

Tankie you for your service

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 26 points 13 hours ago

Oh no. Anyways

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

Glad he's dead then

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It seems he lost his mind, before losing his body too. :(

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Check the ground near where the drone got him, you might still find remnants of both.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 33 points 18 hours ago

Sounds like a good kill. Chose the wrong side, should have stayed home.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 229 points 1 day ago (23 children)

eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist

fighting for Russia

ummm, something doesn't compute

[–] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 104 points 23 hours ago (27 children)

From the end of the article

But despite supporting Ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale war, he was at a military recruitment center in Moscow, alongside other foreign nationals, on September 5, 2023, Russian border data shows.

His social media posts show a distinct change in his views — one identified by Important Stories as belonging to Gloss suggest he believed in conspiracy theories involving Ukraine, and claimed NATO was an evolution of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 17 points 8 hours ago

Either extremely impressionable, or maybe had his account handed over after he was pulled off the street and conscripted into a ruzzian meat wave.

Either way, tragic waste of human life, being anywhere near involvement with their military.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I hate fascism.

So he fought for Putin to invade Ukraine? That's some top tier thinking there.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 7 hours ago

bought into fighting wokeness, or nazis in ukraine probably.

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