He has children. Does he not care about them? They are adults, perhaps he has grandchildren even. Is he really so deranged that he is willing to give up the world? I don't know. It is very puzzling.

Narcissists don't really care about other people. They only care about themselves.

Think 'Jim Jones', not 'Elder statesman with children'.

Stalin had a wife and kids, and there were times he appeared to care about them, such as his efforts to keep Beria away from his young daughter. But otherwise, Stalin clearly cared nothing for human life in general. He stopped the Great Purge of his own people in 1937 only after it became clear that it was starting to drag down the economy.

Putin has given no indication that he's any different from Stalin in this regard.

Stalin refused Germans' offer to exchange his captured son for one of their field marshals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Dzhugashvili

Who knows, maybe he doesn't. Psychopaths have children. Maybe he will find himself backed into a corner and will want to go out with a bang so he at least goes into the history books. Megalomania is not to be underestimated.

Getting some flak for my OP. Not sure why, did I say something controversial?