Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reaffirmed Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Scholz discussed ways of further strengthening Ukraine’s air defence with Zelensky, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Saturday. The Ministry of Defence had previously announced that Germany would supply Ukraine with a further Patriot air defence system. Scholz and Zelensky had agreed that further efforts by partners were necessary, Hebestreit said. “The federal chancellor pledged that Germany would actively support Switzerland’s initiati…