It's an huge leap to go from world foreign politics to "control". > Self-determination and agency is only available to those who have the means to fight for it

It's an huge leap to go from world foreign politics to "control". > Self-determination and agency is only available to those who have the means to fight for it. Ukraine has none, it has whatever the nations providing 10s of billions in military aid allow it to have. Self-determination and agency is available to those who have the will to fight for it. Clearly they do have the means to fight for it based on their ability to secure vast military support from the west.