She most recently played with Tornado Dmitrov of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) in the 2019–20 season.

[1] Polunina represented Russia at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2019, winning a bronze medal at the 2016 tournament, and at the Winter Universiades in 2017 and 2019, winning gold medals at both tournaments.

As a member of the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in three IIHF Women's U18 World Championships during 2013 to 2015, winning a bronze medal at the 2015 tournament.

She made her debut in the Russian Championship league at age 16 with HC Tornado and has remained with the team throughout the entirety of her club career, from the 2013–14 RWHL season onward.

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