""It is unacceptable to us that, contrary to the fundamental provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, US atomic armaments are still located on the territory of some European countries," the veteran official remarked." via RT Image credit: CristianIS/Pixabay The next major conflict between world powers will involve atomic armaments and will be catastrophic for the human race, Russia's top diplomat has warned, amid an escalating standoff with the West over Moscow's military attack on Ukraine. Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday that Sergey Lavrov had said in an interview with Al-Jazeera that "World War III would be a devastating nuclear war." He also claimed that if Ukraine gained access to atomic armaments, Russia would face "real danger." Lavrov's remarks come after he explained at the Geneva disarmament conference on Tuesday that there will be no victor if a nuclear war were to erupt. Moscow's top diplomat, who spoke via video link, also