23. And it's all but certain that Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, will lose his post as a result.The domestic turmoil comes at a critical moment for Ukraine as Russia holds the upper hand on the battlefield, and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House may lead to a decreased U.S. involvement in the war.Yet, not all is grim for Kyiv.‘It’s personal’ — Why Germany still refuses to send Taurus missiles to UkraineWhile Washington and London are facing pressure to allow Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russia using the Western-made missiles already in the country, Berlin declines to even provide such missiles. “Germany has made a clear decision about what we will do and what we will not do.