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Regarding human rights organizations and media outlets funded from abroad. Are there any specific figures on the enormous amounts of money involved? Of course, money is poured into them, but certainly no more than the state pours into its own media. At least in Russia, I don't know about Ukraine. Naturally, in such a situation, competing with state media can only be done with good support from outside; market mechanisms don't work here, and the competition is unequal. It's not an option for commercial entities to get involved; the only option is to wait for help from abroad. Or do you think it's better that alternative viewpoints are not represented in the media? I don't see anything wrong with that.
Secondly, it's telling that human rights organizations are funded from abroad. Ideally, they shouldn't exist at all because there are law enforcement agencies, courts, and so on, but in reality, it always turns out that someone dies from a bottle in their anus, under the wheels of a car belonging to some official, in prison due to inhumane conditions, and so on. This is precisely why the activities of such organizations are possible, so it's more of an indicator of the poor work of state law enforcement agencies. They are funded from abroad, of course, with certain goals, but it's still better that they are funded from abroad than not at all.
And thirdly, human rights organizations and a dozen media outlets are not institutions, and their ability to promote some worldview simply pales in comparison to the capabilities of the state propaganda machine.