Russia's war against Ukraine has changed a lot in Ukraine and around the world, the Russian Federation has suffered one strategic defeat after another, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said during a memorial ceremony on the occasion of the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in Hostomel.

"The Russians tried to create a foothold in Hostomel ... but they were defeated. The Russian defeat in Hostomel was the beginning of the end of the Russian attempt to capture Kyiv," he said.

"Russia's war against Ukraine has changed a lot of things in Ukraine and around the world. Russia has suffered one strategic defeat after another. NATO has increased its effectiveness and has once again become the center of collective security in Europe … The Russian fleet has been destroyed. Russian weapons turned out to be such that they cannot withstand Western weapons," the Belgian Prime Minister said.

According to him, all this would not have happened if there had not been such important battles as here in Hostomel, which allowed Ukraine to continue the fight.