I don't think I've ever seen any Western article pointing out that it might be deemed "unfair" that the Ukrainian men were not allowed to leave the country and many have been conscripted to fight and die but not the women.

I don't actually necc disagree with this rational, it does irk however after decades of huge outcry and repercussions in the workplace (gender pay gap assumptions etc) and in the wider world if a woman is deemed to be treated in any way differently from a man, that then when the Russian invasion happens no-one even bats an eye lid or mentions that the men only were conscripted in this supposedly "same and equal in every way" world.

Society cherry picks as to when men and women are the same or different, usually based on whether in that context it's beneficial to be the same or different.