United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution with its diplomatic and economic rivals in Mexico, particularly Great Britain and Germany, meant that foreign powers affected the way the Mexican situation played out. When U.S. agents discovered that the German merchant ship, the "Ypiranga", was carrying arms to Huerta's regime, President Wilson ordered troops to the port of Veracruz to stop the ship from docking. The U.S. did not declare war on Mexico city but the U.S. troops carried out a skirmish against Huerta's forces in Veracruz. The "Ypiranga" managed to dock at another port, which infuriated Wilson. On April 9, 1914, Mexican officials in the port of
Timeline of the war in Donbass (April–June 2017) landed in Verkhnyotoretske, where heavy machine gun and sniper fire was also reported. Hostile snipers also harassed Ukrainian troops at Mayorsk (). Rebel forces fired small arms near Troitske. In the region of Mariupol, rebel forces attacked the Ukrainian stronghold of Vodiane with small arms, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and antitank guided missiles. Ukrainian marines in Hnutove and Shyrokyne received small arms fire. In the northern section of the demarcation line, Ukrainian troops at Stanytsia Luhanska became the target of sniper fire. The ATO HQ reported in the morning that pro-Russian forces had opened fire on 37 occasions on