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(CNN) -- It was a moment of triumph amid a personal tragedy for Malaysian leader Najib Razak. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, he could finally stand in front of his nation with news of a deal -- the breakthrough to release MH17's flight recorders from rebels' hands, and, as important, to bring home the remains of the victims. Najib's own step-grandmother was on the flight, which was shot down near the Ukrainian-Russian border last Thursday. The second wife of his grandfather was flying to Malaysia to celebrate Hari Raya -- the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

The victims of
MH17 had been left in a field in Ukraine for three days before their removal.