The Moskva’s sinking inspires one of Ukraine’s most popular rockers.

The sinking of the Russian warship Moskva is being celebrated by Ukrainians as an iconic victory, including in a new song by one of the country’s most popular rock musicians.

Vadym Krasnooky, the lead singer of Mad Heads, on Saturday debuted an acoustic version of “Cruiser Moskva” at a news conference. He said he wrote the song after the sinking of the Moskva, the pride of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, which the Pentagon confirmed Friday was struck by two Ukrainian Neptune missiles.

Mad Heads, which has played rock, hillbilly and psychobilly music since its founding 25 years ago, had stopped performing when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Mr. Krasnooky appeared solo with an acoustic guitar in Lviv to perform the new song, which includes the refrain: “Oh the ship, oh the ship, Moskva burn! Burn! Burn in hell forever.”

“We have to find a way to channel all this hate,” he told The New York Times.

The song’s lyrics reference an incident from the beginning of the war, when a border guard on a rocky outpost of Ukraine reportedly responded to Russian calls for surrender with an expletive telling the ship what it could do. A Ukrainian official has claimed the Moskva was the ship involved in that incident.

“The ship became transformed into a symbol of our enemy,” Mr. Krasnooky said.