European countries believe that U.S. missile and air strikes have not led to the destruction of Iran's reserves of enriched uranium. This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to informed sources.

According to the newspaper, about 408 kilograms of enriched uranium at the time of the attack were not in the underground Fordow nuclear center, but were moved to other sites. Although in Europe are still waiting for a more complete report of intelligence services on the consequences of the strike, preliminary estimates indicate serious damage, but not the complete destruction of infrastructure in Fordow.

It is noted that the U.S. has not provided European allies with definitive intelligence on the current state of Iran's nuclear capabilities. In addition, Washington has not yet formulated a clear position on further strategy towards Tehran, which, according to the FT, causes uncertainty in the EU policy. 

“The situation has moved: the European Union Trio - Britain, France and Germany - is waiting for steps from the US, and the latter, in turn, as if waiting for a decision from Israel,” the newspaper quotes a European diplomat as saying.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that Iran had failed to evacuate nuclear materials from three sites that had been attacked, including with the use of heavy-duty anti-bunker bombs. At Fordow, he said, uranium was buried under a thickness of destroyed rock, concrete and metal structures. However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that reports about the preliminary removal of nuclear materials were not true.