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Ukraine's war effort is often depicted as evidence of national unity. While there is truth to that story--especially by contrast with caricatures depicting Ukraine as always on the verge of fracturing--the war has also exposed and exacerbated deep social divisions, which have gotten worse under a government combining neoliberal dogma, energetic authoritarian tendencies, and persistent corruption and cronyism. This is a side of Ukraine's reality Western media mostly neglect. Busification is one of its starkest manifestations for the vast majority of Ukrainians.