| Diana Vitalievna Panchenko | |
| Native Name: | Діана Віталіївна Панченко |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Citizenship: | Ukraine |
| Education: | Publishing |
| Alma Mater: | NTUU KPI |
| Occupation: | YouTuber |
| Television: | NewsOne |
Diana Vitalievna Panchenko (Ukrainian: Діана Віталіївна Панченко; born 21 May 1988) is a Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter.
In 2010, Panchenko graduated from the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute with a degree in publishing and editing, and in 2018, she graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in law. Worked in Gazeta.ua, and NewsOne.[1]
Following the outlawing of NewsOne late February 2021,[2] Panchenko moved to its successor The First Independent TV Channel.[3] This channel was shut down an hour after it launched.[4] On 26 February 2021, she co-founded the Journalists' Defense Club movement.[5] Diana was the host of the Slavonic Bazaar music festival, which took place in July 2021 in Vitebsk.[6] After the event, Panchenko was summoned to the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council for explanations.[7]
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Panchenko fled Ukraine. She claimed that Ukraine had provoked Russia into a full-scale war and blamed the Ukrainian authorities for all the consequences of the war. While outside the country, Panchenko has continued hosting, including interviewing Aleksandr Lukashenko.[8] In January 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) declared that it suspected her of producing and disseminating content justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] In October 2023, the SBU announced that it was carrying out a pre-trial investigation into Panchenko, suspecting her of high treason committed under martial law.[10]