209: IDF Destroys Tunnel Complex Under Gaza (Rantisi) Hospital + IDF Requests AH-64 Apache Helicopters + Russian Navy Commissions Hypersonic Missile Frigate + Latest US Security Assistance to Ukraine + More

For review:
1. IDF Destroys Tunnel Complex Under Gaza (Rantisi) Hospital.
2. IDF Requests (additional) AH-64 Apache Helicopters from the US, to reinforce two IDF (organic) Flight Squadrons. Requested amount is unknown.
3.  Latest US Security Assistance to Ukraine is worth $275 million. Includes Stinger missiles, TOW & Javelin Missiles, and 155mm & 105mm artillery munitions, plus other materiel.
4. Biden Administration shifting strategy on Ukraine - Russia War. Pushing Ukraine to negotiations? Article from Politico (Michael Hirsh, 27 Dec).
5. Russian Navy Commissions Hypersonic Missile Frigate. Will launch the Zircon hypersonic missile (plus Kalibr & Onik missiles also).
6. Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee approves Sweden's NATO bid. Next step is the Parliament's General Assembly.
7. US Army to expand counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (c-UAS) capability. Wants to procure 6,000 Coyote Block II and 700 Block III interceptors plus fixed and mobile launchers, Ku-band radars, and mobile radars.
8. US Congress House Committee on Oversight and Accountability request V-22 Osprey safety records from US Department of Defense.