US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against any relaxing of Western support for Ukraine during the German leader’s visit to the White House on Friday. Scholz said that if the US Congress did not manage to vote in favour of further funding for Kiev, the ability of the Ukrainian armed forces to defend their own country against the Russian invasion would be threatened. Support from the United States was “essential,” Scholz said. “We are both convinced that this must happen, but also confident that the US Congress will in the end come to a decision [to provide aid],” he…