Yes actually, since the beginning of the war up till very recently they could fart and western media smell roses, and anyone who expressed some doubts or remind them of the previous narration (before 2022 western media were correctly calling Ukraine the most corrupted country in Europe which furthermore have huge nazi problem) were called "shills, propagandists, and putinbots". And when UA ultimately lose the war, western media will start to bash them again, most likely even harsher than before.

Hell if you go and see comments to this and few similar articles in let's say reddit worldnews sub, you will still find tons of people calling even the very same journos putin shills for publishing this.