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Hundreds of warriors in clanking armor brandished their swords and axes on a field beside a wooden-log fortress and rushed into battle with a yell.

In what looked like a “Games of Thrones” rehearsal, fighters dealt blows at each other with metal and wooden replica weapons as Ukraine this weekend hosted the world championship in medieval combat.

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