The Russians intended to meddle and they meddled with the US elections, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with ABC News after the US National Intelligence report on 'Russian meddling' was released.

"What is true is that the Russians intended to meddle and they meddled," Obama said.

''One of the things I am concerned about is the degree to which we've seen a lot of commentary lately where there are Republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in Vladimir Putin than fellow Americans because those fellow Americans are Democrats." he added, RBK reports.

According to the President, that cannot be.

Implying the address to Trump, Obama noted: ''We have to remind ourselves that we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin is not on our team."