Countrymen Applaud Milosevic

In the hills of Kosovo, there was more fighting Saturday between Yugoslav forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston.

Elsewhere in Kosovo, reports of increased Serb military activity are a further sign that Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic is playing hardball.

Throughout the disputed province, Kosovans were glued to TV and radio for the latest from the peace talks and details of NATO's military readiness. Bombers and radar-jamming aircraft took off from U.S. bases Saturday and, with military strikes still a possibility, the U.S. embassy in Belgrade prepared for the worst, evacuating most families and staff.

"This is a sad moment for all of us, for the families to be separated," said charge d'affaires Richard Miles in Belgrade.

But in a nearby shopping district, it looked as if the crisis was a world away. Serbs dismissed threats of bombing.

Said one citizen, "What is the purpose of it? Are they going to bring us peace?"

And most seem to support Milosevic's rejection of heavily armed NATO peacekeepers on their soil.

"We don't need their soldiers," said another man.

Milosevic's defiance of the West has been risky business. But, politically, it has worked for him. Whatever else this standoff has accomplished, the Serbian leader now enjoys more support from his people than ever before.