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, together with in a brand new tune by one of many nation’s hottest rock musicians.

Vadym Krasnooky, the lead singer of Mad Heads, on Saturday debuted an acoustic model of “Cruiser Moskva” at a information convention. He mentioned he wrote the tune after the sinking of the Moskva, the satisfaction of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, which the Pentagon confirmed Friday was struck by two Ukrainian Neptune missiles.

Mad Heads, which has performed rock, hillbilly and psychobilly music since its founding 25 years in the past, had stopped performing when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Mr. Krasnooky appeared solo with an acoustic guitar in Lviv to carry out the brand new tune, which incorporates the chorus: “Oh the ship, oh the ship, Moskva burn! Burn! Burn in hell endlessly.”

“Now we have to discover a approach to channel all this hate,” he instructed The New York Occasions.

The tune’s lyrics reference an incident from the start of the conflict, when a border guard on a rocky outpost of Ukraine reportedly responded to Russian requires give up with an expletive telling the ship what it may do. A Ukrainian official has claimed the Moskva was the ship concerned in that incident.

“The ship turned remodeled into a logo of our enemy,” Mr. Krasnooky mentioned.