[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/world/child-soldiers-un-report-2020-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/world/child-soldiers-un-report-2020-intl/index.html) >"More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday."