The intelligence community remains unanimous in its assessment that Russia will target the 2018 US midterm elections, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats noted, CNN reported.

"We expect Russia to continue using propaganda social media, false flag personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States," he said.

"There should be no doubt that Russia perceives that its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 US midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations."