Nikolay Dmitrevich Dyatlenko (Ukrainian: Микола Дмитрович Дятленко; Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Дятленко; 26 November 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a Ukrainian Soviet officer, interrogator and translator who was part of a team that attempted to deliver a message of truce (sometimes referred to as an "ultimatum") to the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Stalingrad in January 1943.

There is no mention of this in Dyatlenko's account of the ultimatum delivery, and the index in Erickson's Road to Berlin lists him as a Red Army officer.

[10] Dyatlenko had no idea of the sort of behaviour that was expected of a truce envoy, later admitting that all he knew of the necessary protocols came from Solovyov's play Field Marshal Kutuzov.

[14] Dyatlenko and Smyslov were driven to the HQ of the 96th Rifle Division near Marinovka, then a staff car drove them to the front line, from where they proceeded on foot.

On their second attempt, the envoys forgot their white flag, so a new one had to be made from a sheet belonging to the divisional commander; this was nailed to a branch from an acacia.

[16] The German soldiers who came to their aid themselves slipped and fell over, reminding Dyatlenko of the Ukrainian children's game "A little heap is too little: someone is needed on top".

"I am ordered," the colonel announced to the Russians, "not to take you anywhere, not to accompany you, nor to receive anything from you, only to cover your eyes again, to lead you back, to return your pistols and to guarantee your safety.

"Erickson wrote of the incident: "Paulus refused to meet the emissaries, who were informed that the Sixth Army's commander already knew the contents of the message from Soviet radio transmission.

As Voronov said to Dyatlenko just before the interrogation, referring to the failed envoy mission: So, Captain [...] You no doubt remember the time the old man didn't want to receive you.

[21] He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for showing bravery under German fire during the two truce attempts, and received a promotion to the rank of Major.

During the Battle of Kursk, Dyatlenko organized the loudspeaker broadcasting of propaganda to German troops, and on 25 July was recommended for the Order of the Red Star, which was awarded on 6 August.

In battle with German troops, attempting to encircle the partisans, Dyatlenko was seriously wounded, returning to Soviet lines in July.

Dyatlenko went to Moscow in 1952 to continue his education at the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, where he specialized in international relations and the world labor and national liberation movements.