The Kremlin continues to believe it can wear down Ukrainian forces and the united Western front supporting Kyiv in due time.

Russia's war in Ukraine is now in its second year, and while the first year couldn't have gone further than how President Vladimir Putin envisioned, "right now, [he is] entirely too confident of his ability," CIA Director William Burns said in a CBS interview on Sunday.

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"I think Putin is, right now, entirely too confident of his ability, as I said before, to wear down Ukraine, to grind away and that's what he's giving every evidence that he's determined to do right now," he explained, later adding, “You know, a sense, I think, reflecting Putin's own view, his own belief today that he can make time work for him, that he believes he can grind down the Ukrainians that he can wear down our European allies, that political fatigue will eventually set in. And in my experience, Putin's view of Americans, of us, has been that we have attention deficit disorder, and we'll move on to some other issue eventually. “

Despite the overwhelming losses, totaling roughly 200,000 casualties during the war, the Kremlin has a sense of "hubris" about their continued military actions.

"There's a lot of hubris that continues to be attached to Putin and his view of the war right now," the CIA director added. "And I think what's going to be critical as we look ahead in 2023 and provide all the material and intelligence support that we can for our Ukrainian partners, is to puncture that hubris on Putin's part and regain momentum on the battlefield."

Similarly, Burns described his conversation with Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia's external intelligence service, as “pretty dispiriting” because he had “a very defiant attitude” that included “a sense of cockiness and hubris."

Eventually, though, Putin will likely have to address the costs of the war, including the thousands of soldiers who don't return from the war to their families.

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"At some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well, in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of Russia because many of the conscripts, you know, who are being thrown as cannon fodder in the front and the Donbas as well, come from Dagestan and Buryatia, the poorest parts of Russia as well," Burns added.

Last week, the Western world recognized the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion, and leaders from various countries pledged their commitment to helping Ukraine defeat Russia.