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thumb|"Busik" (diminutive of ) colloquially means a minibus Busification () is a term that emerged in Ukrainian society and media to describe a controversial method of forced conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. The word refers to situations in which employees of territorial recruitment centers (TCC) (Ukrainian: ) and law enforcement officers forcibly load men of conscription age into buses.

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thumb|"Busik" (diminutive of ) colloquially means a minibus Busification () is a term that emerged in Ukrainian society and media to describe a controversial method of forced conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. The word refers to situations in which employees of territorial recruitment centers (TCC) (Ukrainian: ) and law enforcement officers forcibly load men of conscription age into buses.

The term is a portmanteau of "busyk" (from ) — a colloquial name for minibuses or similar vehicles to apprehend used by authorities to transport detainees to TCC — and the suffixoid “-ification,” which denotes an action or transformation (from Latin "facio"). The practice is associated with physical coercion by territorial recruitment offices and has become a prominent symbol in debates over conscription, state authority, individual rights, and national mobilization policy.

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