Billionaire candy magnate Petro Poroshenko took the oath in Kiev on Saturday to serve as the fifth president of Ukraine and pledged to bring peace and unity to the conflict-torn country as fierce battles that have pushed it to the brink of civil war raged on.
Mashable: Poroshenko takes presidential oath in Kyiv, says Crimea is ‘Ukrainian soil’
President Petro Poroshenko waves to a crowd at St. Sofia's Cathedral square on June 7.