KIEV, Feb. 8 - Ukraine??™s daily domestic natural gas consumption increased by 10% over the past two days after a new wave of cold weather had hit the country, a government official said Wednesday.

Ukraine used 388 million cubic meters of gas on Feb. 7, up from 350 million cu m consumed on Feb. 5 and up from about 280 million cu m used on Feb. 4, Stanislav Stashevskiy, the first deputy prime minister, said.