Lyubov Mykhailivna Panchenko was born on 2 February 1938 in the village of Yablunka, which is now a suburb of Bucha, Ukraine.

At that time, her bright talent flourished: she created a series of watercolours, clothing models, embroidery patterns, graphic screensavers for books, and paintings.

She painted pysanka Easter eggs, embroidered Ukrainian national costumes for choirs, and raised money to help political prisoners serving sentences for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda".

[4] During the Battle of Bucha, which occurred early on during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Panchenko was forced to remain inside her house for a month without food.

Yevhen Sverstiuk, a human rights activist and poet at the time, remarked: “These works clearly bear the stamp of genius.