At an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a further strengthening of the country’s air defence against Russian attacks. He called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction is the one that doesn’t have to happen in the first place,” Scholz said at the start of the conference, which is being held in the German capital of Berlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is also attending. Scholz held out the prospect of far-reaching and long-ter…