Navy veteran Sarah Bils under investigation for running pro-Russian group that posted US files
Divorced Navy veteran, 37, is under investigation for running pro-Russian ‘Donbass Devushka’ channels where she ‘put on a fake accent’ and posted ‘at least four’ classified documents leaked by 21-year-old Jack ‘The Dripper’ Teixeira
- “Russian” propagandist is basically a New Jersey tropical fish salesman
- Sarah Bils, 37, now faces a DOJ investigation for sharing leaked Pentagon files
- She previously served in the United States Navy as an aviation technician
A prominent pro-Kremlin propagandist has been exposed as a 37-year-old Navy veteran and tropical fish salesman from New Jersey.
Divorced Sarah Bils is known online to her 100,000 devoted fans as “Donbas Devushka,” or Donbas Girl.
She posed as a Russian Jew from the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk and a geopolitical expert.
On her Telegram account, a popular messaging service in Russia and Ukraine, she claims to be participating in “Russian information warfare.”
It recently shared some of the documents allegedly leaked by US National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was charged with two offenses on Friday.
Teixeira, 21, will appear in court on Wednesday as Justice Department investigators continue their investigation into how he gained access to such top-secret information.
One of the leaked documents outlined how Ukraine’s supply of missiles was running out and needed urgent supplies from Kyiv’s Western allies
She is now under investigation by the Justice Department as part of its investigation into how leaked Pentagon documents appeared online.
Bils, who had security clearance, denied any involvement in helping Teixeira.
“I clearly know the seriousness of top secret classified material,” she told the Wall Street Journal.
The 37-year-old also posted videos and podcasts online that faithfully mimicked pro-Moscow talking points and attempted to raise money for the Russian military.
They have been praised by pro-Kremlin military bloggers in Russia, such as the highly influential Rybar Telegram channel.
Bils claimed she traveled between the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and eastern Ukraine in 2014, the time of the first Russian invasion.
She claimed that the Ukrainian army was killing people in Luhansk, a city in the Russian-occupied Donbas region of the country.
Sarah Bils claimed to be a Russian Jew living in Luhansk who documented alleged “war crimes” committed by the Ukrainian military.
Bils left the army last year, but after being demoted. No reasons were given in the official records for her demotion.
She has also posted under the pseudonyms Mila Medvedev, Luganskforlife, CheburekiVibes, MeatballSubZero, YuGopnik, and GhostofLugansk.
But Bils is in fact a former avionics technician in the US Navy who served on Whitby Island in Washington state.
Her real identity was revealed by volunteers from the North Atlantic Fella Organization, which raises money for Ukraine and fights online disinformation.
The Ukrainian group was able to expose Bils thanks to yet another unusual sideshow she had.
In addition to serving in the Navy, she also ran a business selling tropical fish and food imported from Poland.
Bils had appeared on a popular podcast about aquariums in June 2020 which turned out to be her undoing.
This allowed NAFO to match her voice and interior to her postings as Donbas Devushka.
She left the army in November last year with an honorable discharge, but only after being demoted.
Bils claims she was “thrown out of the Navy” because of her “leftist views.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to the US Navy for comment.
Her Twitter account is now locked, but her YouTube channel where she interviews pro-Kremlin commentators remains online.