Agency and aid:
Britain and the USSR needed Lend Lease from 1941-45. Did that nullify their "agency"? Nope.
China needed US aid from 1941-45.
Israel gets lots of US aid. Nobody thinks Israel lacks agency.
In the Falklands war the UK had US support. Did the UK have no agency in that war?
From 1942-45 FDR and Churchill were constantly complaining about DeGaulle's agency.
Solidarnosc in Poland had lots of outside western help from 1980-91. Did Lech Walesa lack agency?
The idea that outside aid cancels agency is nonsense.