hrichardson.bsky.social
@hrichardson.bsky.social
🇬🇧🇺🇦 Half British, half Ukrainian. Speaking up, sharing stories, fighting disinfo. Follow if you stand with Ukraine.
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💙💛 My family fled. My grandfather is buried in a place I may never see again. My home is gone. Let me tell you why Ukraine matters.

A thread. 🧵👇
Proud husband moment 💜
My wife Nataliia is the first ever Ukrainian on The Great British Bake Off 🧁🇺🇦 Series 16 starts 2 September! Can’t wait for you all to see her journey in the tent!

Гордість 💜 Моя дружина Наталія - перша Українка у Bake Off 🧁🇺🇦 Прем’єра 2 вересня
August 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is what ‘liberation’ looks like under Russian occupation. Donetsk deserves better.
1/ The Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine face a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, with some towns not having received any water for four months. Endemic corruption and systemic mismanagement by the Russian-installed authorities is being blamed for the situation. ⬇️
July 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Mummy, give me some chocolate ice cream!”
“No, have buckwheat instead!”

«Мамо, дай мені шоколадне морозиво!»
«Ні, краще гречки!»

Ukrainian moment 🇺🇦🍫🥣

#UkrainianMoment #Parenting #БорщНеМорозиво
July 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Good to see - but words are one thing, action is another.
🇫🇷⚔️🆙 "France to double military budget," — Macron
February 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🕯️ The Russians killed an entire family in Poltava - father, mother, and a 9-year-old girl.
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Russia’s imposition of a new flag on Mariupol is a violation of international law under the Hague Convention of 1907, which prohibits an occupying power from altering the identity of occupied territories. This is a further immoral attempt to erase Mariupol’s culture and history.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This should have been done 3 years ago. But better late than never.
🔝"I can assure you, it will be much more than 2%. NATO to discuss increasing defense spending to 3.5% of GDP soon," — Rutte.
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks for the love & interaction on my thread! More than happy to do more with stories/experiences if it is of any interest to people :)
February 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
💙💛 My family fled. My grandfather is buried in a place I may never see again. My home is gone. Let me tell you why Ukraine matters.

A thread. 🧵👇
February 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Not sure really what to put for my first post on here, so here goes - Слава Україні! 🇺🇦😌
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM