A former US Navy noncommissioned officer has been identified as a pro-Russian propagandist who allegedly played a key role in spreading intelligence documents uploaded online by suspected leaker Jack Teixeira.
Sarah Bils, 37, a veteran who served at Whidbey Island in Washington state, was outed as “Donbass Devushka,” which translates to Donbas Girl, an online personality behind a vast network of pro-Kremlin blogs, podcasts and fundraising accounts.
While Bils touted herself online as a Ukraine-born woman backing Russia’s invasion and spreading misinformation against Kyiv, she was actually born in New Jersey and now lives in Oak Harbor, Washington, the pro-Ukraine North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO) reported.
[Bils insists she’s just a sysop and not Donbas Girl, but there are some curious parallels. It’s also not clear whether the collective merely spread the leaks allegedly provided by Teixeira, or whether Teixeira may have gotten them from the collective. The DoJ and Pentagon still hasn’t explained how an ANG enlistee got access to highly classified diplomatic intel, among other materials. — Ed]
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