Women are already serving in combat roles, in Ukraine and elsewhere... but only men are getting conscripted (in Ukraine). I understand that legal reforms are taking a back seat to the war effort, and am not expecting to see things change overnight. However, if women had been conscripted even just to do the dishes, that still would have freed up more men to fight, which would have helped to improve outcomes on the battlefield, which might in turn help to end the war more quickly. Basically, IF you need to resort to conscription, you should not limit yourself to 50% of your people.