A MYSTERY donor has matched the amount coined in by an East Renfrewshire baker's fundraising sale to help those affected by the conflict in Ukraine, with the total now approaching £80,000.

Yuriy Kachak, who is originally from Ukraine but now lives in Clarkston, raised more than £30,000 after organising the sale at Deanston Bakery, in Glasgow, on Sunday.

Hundreds of people queued around the block to buy cakes, buns and other treats prepared by Mr Kachak and his team, alongside home-baked goodies donated by local people.

After the sale, the bakery set up a JustGiving page so people could continue to donate, with funds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine appeal.

In a post on Instagram yesterday, the team revealed that a mystery donor had added tens of thousands of pounds to the total.

They wrote: "We wanted to share with you that overnight we had an anonymous donor on our JustGiving page who matched the funds we raised together.

"Our total raised now stands at £72,451.

"Thank you to each and every single person who has donated to help us reach this incredible amount for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal."

By this morning, the amount raised was heading towards £80,000.

Dad-of-two Mr Kachak, who is from the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, has lived in the UK for 19 years and moved to Scotland four years ago.

He runs the popular bakery with his wife Svetlana, who is from Latvia, and his mother and brother also work there.

The JustGiving page can be found at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/deanstonbakery.