Even bundled up in a purple jacket and light blue turtleneck sweater , warming herself in a thick canvas emergency tent heated by a stove , the young Ukrainian woman feels the bitter chill . `` It is very cold , '' she said . `` The frost is very strong . It 's very slippery out there . '' But she is one of the lucky ones , taking refuge from the brutal winter pummeling eastern Europe in a temporary shelter put up by the Ukrainian government . `` Here it 's warm and there 's food and drink , '' she said . `` It 's very important , especially for people like us in this unfortunate situation , '' said another man taking refuge in the shelter . At least 250 people have died across the region during the cold snap , with 135 of them in Ukraine . Authorities there have set up an emergency hospital to deal with people suffering from cold-related conditions , and distributed 3,000 emergency relief tents across the country , they said . The tents are heated , and people with nowhere else to go can get hot food and drinks . Kiev has more than 14,000 homeless people , authorities said . They are among the most vulnerable to winter . About 2,000 people have been hospitalized because of the cold since January 27 , officials said . Electricity consumption in the country is at historic highs , Ukrainian energy minister Yuri Boyko said . In Bosnia , two men on snowmobiles finally reached the isolated village of Zijemlja , according to state news agency FENA . It had been cut off for five days . Residents in some parts of the country were warned of the potential for avalanches . There was some good news , according to FENA . Inhabitants of the Sarajevo Zoo were in winter quarters and had sufficient food . More than 50 people , most of them homeless , have died in Poland in the past several weeks , according to Polish TVN . At least 64 people have died because of the cold in Russia , the government said . Snow has also fallen as far west as Spain and snarled traffic in Brussels , Belgium . Snowfall in Europe 's southeast , close to the Mediterranean Sea , is cutting off roads and isolating areas from access to supplies . Southeastern Europe will see more heavy snow in contrast to the northeast , which is predicted to shiver under temperatures much lower than its winter averages , meteorologists said . Cold air arriving from Siberia has been hitting maritime moisture from the Mediterranean Sea , turning it into frozen precipitation . This will continue , and Bosnia , Serbia and Macedonia are expected to receive new layers of snow . The bitter cold temperatures in the northeast have been deadlier than the snow farther south , with many people dying from hypothermia . Is the cold snap affecting you ? In Romania , where at least 39 people have died because of the cold snap , all `` national roads , '' or two-lane highways , in seven counties in the country 's south and east were completely blocked , state news agency Agerpres reported Monday . Traffic was in chaos in the capital Bucharest and possible blizzards have been forecast for half the country in the coming days . In Italy , a Milan court delayed the trial of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of bribery Monday because of cold temperatures in the courtroom , according to the Italian ANSA news agency . It was moved to warmer chambers , which had often been the scene of another case involving Berlusconi , when he had been accused of paying for sex with a minor -- a Moroccan girl known as `` Ruby . '' The severe cold is forecast to continue all week , meteorologists said .
Snowmobiles finally able to reach Bosnian village . Score: 6 More snow is forecast to blanket the southeast , where many roads are already closed . Temperatures thoughout Europe are significantly lower than average for winter .