Kasia Madera is a BBC News presenter with over 20 years of broadcasting experience. At the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kasia was one of the first international journalists to report live from the Poland-Ukraine border. For weeks she witnessed first hand as thousands of people fled the fighting. Of Polish heritage Kasia is bilingual in Polish and was able to interview many refugees in a mixture of Polish and Ukrainian. Her father was born in Lviv so Kasia has a strong connection with the region. She regularly returns to Poland to report on the plight of the millions of displaced people.
