Footage posted online by RT's Ruptly agency shows massive chunks of hail that rained down on a small village in Krasnodar region, located roughly on the same latitude as Bologna, Italy. Some hailstones appeared to be as big as golf balls.
Motorists could be seen pulled over on the side of the road, and one video posted on Instagram showed a windshield that had been shattered by the force of the hail.
Another clip showed the huge quantity of the hail, with parts of the ground looking like it was covered in a July snow.
Krasnodar is no stranger to massive hailstorms and seems to be treated to such a weather event around the same time every year. A storm in June 2017 yielded hailstones of around 50mm in diameter. A similar storm in August 2016 caused damage to power lines, roofs and homes.
Comment: Note that the most recent hail destructive hail events were in the last two years. And this is a pattern we see all over the planet. Epic hail events are on the increase and it points to great changes in our atmosphere.
More footage from the hailstorm in Russia:
A similar hailstorm batters France within about 24 hours:
Ominious storm clouds in Ukraine:
And in the Florida, US:
And to note global temperatures are becoming cooling, even with these outbreaks of heatwaves all over the northern hemisphere. That may partly explain this epic hail and flooding we're seeing worldwide: