On Thursday before noon, the court approved a second warrant for Oleksander Kononov, a Ukrainian national who carried out the sabotage alongside Yevhenii Ivanov.
Both men are believed to have fled to Belarus.
Last week, the court approved temporary detention for both suspects, and the Warsaw Metropolitan Police issued wanted notices on Friday, enabling their pursuit under the European Arrest Warrant and Interpol Red Notice procedures.
The 41-year-old Ivanov and 39-year-old Kononov are accused of damaging railway tracks using explosives near the towns of Mika and Gołąb in eastern Poland.
In Gołąb, part of the overhead traction network was damaged, and metal objects were placed on the tracks, creating a serious risk of train derailments and endangering lives and property.
Earlier this week, Ukrainian national Volodymyr B. was charged with assisting the suspects.
Prosecutors allege that in September, he drove Ivanov to the planned sites on line, which runs from Warsaw to Dorohusk on Poland’s eastern border with Ukraine, allowing him to scout the locations and prepare explosive devices, surveillance equipment, and metal obstacles for the tracks.
Volodymyr B. is currently held in three-month pre-trial detention.
Four other people were also detained in connection with the case - three were released, and one faced charges for concealing documents, although the court did not approve temporary detention for that individual.
Polish authorities have described the sabotage as representing a “direct danger of a major accident in land transport” on a vital passenger and freight route.
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Source: PAP