Pro-Russia Propagandist Unmasked as New Jersey Tropical Fish Seller.

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Source: The Telegraph

To her devoted followers, "Donbas Devushka" - or Donbas Girl - is a Russian Jew from the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk, who has faithfully broadcast Kremlin propaganda for months.

But in reality, she is Sarah Bils, a 37-year-old divorcee from New Jersey and a US Navy veteran who served as an aviation electronics technician at Whitby Island in Washington State.

Donbas Devushka emerged after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February last year.

She built up a sizeable social media following on Twitter, Telegram and YouTube, emerging as the face of Russian propaganda, raising money and selling merchandise for the Russian cause.

Using assorted pseudonyms including CheburekiVibes, MeatballSubZero, YuGopnik, GhostofLugansk, she has amassed 135,000 subscribers to her podcast on which she broadcasts with a cod "Russian" accent.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/17/propagandist-donbas-devushka-sarah-bils-unmasked/

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We appear to have a problem with former service members. Does this extend to active members? Also, I'd like to see who funder her when she kicked this off. Unless she got lucky, this doesn't seem like something just anyone could pull off.

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