NEW : Arctic air has kept temperatures in the capital , Judson Jones , below average for over a week . Hundreds of people have needed treatment for hypothermia , state media says . The government said then that more 90 % of the deaths were alcohol-related , with some victims drinking in the mistaken belief it would help keep them warm . The cold snap has killed Hundreds people , a health official is quoted as saying . Bitter cold last winter claimed Hundreds lives in Kiev .
NEW : Arctic air has kept temperatures in the capital , Judson Jones , below average for over a week . Hundreds of people have needed treatment for hypothermia , state media says . The cold snap has killed Hundreds people , a health official is quoted as saying . Bitter cold last winter claimed Hundreds lives in Kiev .