PANCHENKO Diana Vitaliivna

She actively disseminates kremlin propaganda and promotes anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in the media space.
She worked for "NewsOne", "112 Ukraine", and "ZIK" TV channels associated with Viktor Medvedchuk. After their closure, she moved to "First Independent" and "Ukrlive", where she continued to broadcast pro-russian messages. She systematically discredited the Ukrainian government, justified the actions of the occupiers, and questioned international support for Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, the russian federation has been working in the temporarily occupied territories, creating propaganda stories that justify the actions of the occupiers and accuse the Ukrainian authorities of "betraying citizens". Its activities are aimed at legitimizing the actions of the occupation forces and justifying russian aggression.
In its public statements, it repeats kremlin narratives, including accusing the Ukrainian Armed Forces of "shelling their own cities" and justifying russian strikes on civilian infrastructure as "necessary measures". She puts forward theses about the need for negotiations with russia and the futility of armed resistance, spreading the idea of surrender.
She is the author of several books promoting pro-russian ideas and justifying russian aggression. In her publications, she popularizes theses about the "futility of resistance", the need for negotiations and justifies the inclusion of the occupied territories in russia. These messages are actively used by the kremlin as part of its information warfare.
In January 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Panchenko in absentia of suspicion for justifying, recognizing as lawful, denying the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, glorifying its participants, and in October 2023 - for high treason committed under martial law.