winter snap kiev Wintry Pe At least 250 people have died across Europe due to the cold weather Editor's note: iReport: How is winter weather affecting you? Send us your photos and video of ice, snow, storms and sleet. Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- 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 says. 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 says. "It's very important, especially for people like us in this unfortunate situation," said another man taking refuge in the shelter. The tents are heated, and people with nowhere else to go can get hot food and drinks. More than 50 people, most of them homeless, have died in Poland in the past several weeks, according to Polish TVN. 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. 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.