The C.I.A. director says that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia believes that America will suffer from “attention deficit disorder” and lose interest and resolve in the Ukraine war.
William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, said that Mr. Putin is making a bet that he can succeed in a war of attrition against the Ukrainian military. Over the rest of the year, he said, Mr. Putin believes he can “wear down the Ukrainian military” and then strangle the Ukrainian economy.
The Russians are…
