Ukrainian Jewish businessman killed by pro-Russia terrorists in Donetsk

George (Eliyahu) Zilberbord, 47, Shot Dead By Militants

From JTA as published in the Jewish Daily Forward

A Ukrainian Jewish man and his guard were killed during an armed attack in Donetsk, a
local Jewish group said.

George (Eliyahu) Zilberbord, 47, was shot dead on Aug. 30 by men who raided the area
around his home on the outskirts of the embattled city, where pro-Russian separatists are
fighting with Ukrainian government troops, the Vaad Association of Jewish Communities
and Organizations of Ukraine said in a statement.

According to Vaad, the men responsible for killing Zilberbord, a 47-year-old businessman
and member of the local Jewish communitys board, were militants who had decided to
loot homes in the victims neighborhood.

Militant bandits came to rob a cottage house, and George, along with the head of
security, came to them to try to negotiate and, as a result, both were killed, the Vaad
wrote. The security professional was not named in the statement. Zilberbord was buried in
Kyiv on Monday at a funeral attended by several hundred people.

The Vaad under Josef Zissels* has been a vocal critic of the actions of pro-Russian rebels
in Ukraine and of the intervention of Russia in Ukraine.

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* Josef Zissels is a vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and the head of Vaad
Ukrainy, the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine