ukrainian groups for the violence, including the deaths of three men who were killed at the weekend at a military check point. we get more from phil blank. reporter: two notes filled the church. painful grief and many cameras. sorrowful and very public farewell for 57-year-old sergei rudinka. he was one of three men killed early sunday morning accord to go officials in slovensk when their checkpoint outside the town was attacked. the others, a 21-year-old and 23-year-old alexander segerof. the church was packed with people who loved them. a larger crowd waited outside to hail them as heroes. this is what they want the world to see because they say it is proof of the price being paid here in the east because of the change of government in kiev.
she was telling me she s drawing a direct parallel with her sign here between adolf hitler s annexation in 1938 and what looks like the imminent russian annexation of crimea this year. people fought and died here to defend their vision of the future of ukraine. but now russian troops are massing along ukraine s eastern border. we need to defend our country. we don t want to fight but we can t just give up our land. some men here say they re volunteering to defend ukraine. i just went to military checkpoint and left my phone just in case of any emergency state. i m ready to go. but either one, but i m ready to go.
years ago. connor powell has the latest from the mideast bureau. connor? arthel, this was an unusual attack for the taliban. normally they strike at hard targets, government buildings and military checkpoint and convoys and not soft targets like restaurants. last night as people were sitting down to have dinner at a lebanese restaurant in downtown kabul a suicide bomber attacked the front door. several taliban gunmen sliped in the back of the restaurant shooting people at point blank. they are taking responsibility and are promising more attacks. there was no army in the restaurant and there was no police in that restaurant. it shows they are the enemy of the civilians and the defenseless people. now at least two americans are among the 21 that were killed. one just arrived in kabul in
half past the hour now. fox top story. what could be the worst typhoon or hurricane ever on this planet. aid workers in one northern city in the philippines report the storm destroyed as much as 90% of the city. the wreckage of homes and cars is blocking the street so it s very hard for rescuers to get fresh food and water in there starving survivors are trying to get their own supplies. some of the snapshots from the scene are heart breaking, this first one, people breaking through steel shutters. it sounds like they were trying to get into a grocery store to get food and water. here, military checkpoint, soldiers forcing a man to lift his shirt to show he has not been looting. now, there are reports they re
close as we can get to this military checkpoint down there. they ve been reinforced all around the city over the last 48 hours. and the soldiers who are manning them are defiant. today say they don t care who they fight, whether it s u.s. marines or opposition fighters who they call terrorists. they will defend their president with their lives. in this part of damascus, which is a government stronghold, people worry that the french will also commit. the legacy of france as a colonial power in syria is unmistakeable. at this bakery, customers buying their daily bread are anxious, but there s also defiance. and the french influence extends deep. this office was established during the occupation run by christians and muslims. they work side by side. in this room we meet catholipri. he was severely injured when the christian quarter was struck by rebel rockets. he fears if outside forces join