At last! The dramatic moment Pro-Russian rebels finally handed over the two MH17 black boxes to Malaysian investigators after days of negotiations

The MH17 black boxes have been handed over to the Malaysian investigation team in Ukraine, it was revealed last night.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the boxes were handed over to the Malaysian team in Donetsk at 9pm Ukraine time.

The small handing over ceremony has finally solved the question as to what had happened to the two vital devices.

It was not immediately known what the Malaysian team would do with the black boxes, but there was speculation they would pass the boxes on to experts with experience of reading the data.

Mr Najib revealed that in recent days the team had been working quietly behind the scenes to establish contact with 'those' - a reference to the rebels - in charge of the MH17 crash site.

Remains of 282 people, currently in Torez, will be moved by train to Kharkiv, where they will be handed over to representatives from the Netherlands.

The Prime Minister said that in another breakthrough an independent international investigation team would be guaranteed safe access to the crash site to begin a full investigation.

 Mr. Najib said

'I must stress that although agreement has been reached, there remain a number of steps required before it is completed.