LVIV, Ukraine, March 10 (Reuters) - Sergiy Makogon, the head of Ukraine’s gas transit operator, said on Thursday there was a real danger to gas transit flows to Europe because of the presence of Russian troops on the territory of gas compressor stations in Ukraine.

"There is a real danger to (gas) transit," he told Reuters by phone without giving further details.

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