Hundreds queue round the block for Ukraine bake sale in Glasgow
A Ukrainian couple have opened their bakery in Shawlands to raise money for people in their homeland
Last updated 6th Mar 2022
Hundreds of people have queued around the block on the southside of Glasgow to support a Ukranian couple raising money for the relief effort with a sale at their bakery.
Yuriy Kachak said he felt “helpless” as news of the Russian invasion unfolded and decided to open up the Deanston Bakery in Shawlands to do what he can to help people who have been affected in his homeland.
Mr Kachak, is from the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, has lived in the UK for 19 years and moved to Scotland four years ago with his wife Svetlana, who is from Latvia.
Katy West is a friend of the couple and is making her way along the queue, getting people to buy raffle tickets.
She told Greatest Hits Radio: "The turnout it just incredible. And I think Yuiry and Lana are the only people who're surprised by that, because they're so important to the community now, that it's just testament to how people feel about them and the war just now."