what is drew is that mr petro porashenko represents a moderate middle. as you say, he's served on both sides of recent administrations. he is widely regarded as a good economist, as a good manager. there's no allegations that i have heard of corruption in his past. i think mr putin will have a good inter-locketture there when they discussion. >> it's the third time he said he pulled back troops. let's hope this time is the charm, and the troops move back, elections move forward and i wish you well. >> as always, good to have you with us. >> thank you, good to be here. >>> turning to the war and major humanitarian crisis in south sudan. a fragile peace accord is crumbling amid genocide and confirmation of two deaths from a dangerous cholera outbreak. the president says the country faces a tipping point because of the fighting and famine that could leave as many as 7 million hungry by august. tens of thousands are killed and 1.3 million displaced. it occurred when former vice president riek machar was accused of conducting a coup. he narrowly escaped and a

petro porashenko told me that he believes that vladimir putin is guilty of double talk, claiming not to interfere on the ground, but that the russians are doing that. >> this is increasing the terrorists supported by the russian side, supplying arms, drugs, soldiers, killing ukranian people and providing training for an army defended by a live shield of the women and children. >> reporter: specifically i asked mr petro porashenko, if elected as president, will he consider ukraine joining n.a.t.o.? he said, indeed it has to be considered given the situation on the ground, at some point. >>> up next - slow motion justice, by suspects i accused of multiple murders. why they are waiting for their day in court, more than six years later. it's one of the biggest theft mysteries, why police say they may be getting closer to finding several stolen masterpieces. >>> a city-wide notice has been issued after ecoli was found in the water supply. people should boil tap water that can be ingested. the notice affects 670,000 people. the city is trying to figure out what caused the contamination. >>

the billionaire petro porashenko made his money on stweets. still, he has one favour with promises of economic reform and a pledge to turn ukraine towards europe. >> i'm confident that what wr fighting for is peace, calm and safety. economic upterm, absence of corruption and felt international solidarity with ukraine allowing us not just to create order but to return to crimea. >> despite his history petro porashenko turned against putin, accusing him of being behind the unrest in you crime, even as the russian leader denied it. >> this is increasing the activity of the terrorist attack. supported by the russian side, supplying arms, drugs, soldiers for fortune. >> the run-up to the election brought the richest man firmly into the pro unity camp. we have seen both sides, urging workers to stand firm against pro-russian activists. >> translation: i want to tell everyone we will not stop. we will not be frightened. no one will frighten us, including those calling them a donetsk people's republic. >> a member of the ukrainian parliament joins us.

petro porashenko, a chocolate magnate was a minister under viktor yanukovych. shouldn't this calm vladimir putin down when he talks about protecting russians in other parts of eastern europe? >> i think vladimir putin made it clear, including saying he doesn't want to own ukraine or take it over. it's too big, the economy is a mess. it's deeply fractured. i think he wants to destabilize it so ukraine is not strong enough to reorientate itself in trading relationships. he wants a ukraine dependent on russia, that's why you see that gazprom, the russian stit company is open reply trying to intimidate ukrainians by demanding money for back payments, by hiking the price of national gas. these are the reactions of a government stabilizing the country. the two leading candidates are people who understand that ukraine needs to have a relationship with russia, that it needs to have a working relationship, but hopefully it can have a relationship with the european union as well. as they have saying, a ukranian that looks east and west. >> petro porashenko has been centr

he'll not garner most votes, and then the chocolate king, petro porashenko. this guy has a lot of traction. his team and private briefings tells me that he's polling not only 48%, but closer to 60% and they think he's a good chance of getting this on the first round. he has made a lot of promises to everyone. increased security, he will beef up the military, deal with the separatists, deal with russia, poll the country closer to europe and told me yesterday in a question when he met with some of the e.u. foreign ministers when i asked him about n.a.t.o., he said it's possible if security worsens they'll look at joining n.a.t.o. he made a lot of promises, but the people want massive government transformation. he has ukraine, russia an one hand giving them a big challenge in the east, and internally in the country. the demonstrators have not gone away, and they will not wait long. he ipp her its the presidency -- inherits the presidency, but has massive challenges ahead of him in office. >>> quite a drama playing out there. dana lieu nis kiev. >>> the u.s. is s