German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of dire consequences to a Russian victory in Ukraine hours ahead of his departure for Washington to meet US President Joe Biden. In a guest column in the Wall Street Journal newspaper published on Thursday morning, Scholz warned Ukraine’s allies against reducing military support for the embattled country, which has been fighting against a full-scale Russian invasion for nearly two years. “Our message is clear: We have to do our utmost to prevent Russia from winning. If we don’t, we might soon wake up in a world even more unstable, threatening and unpred…