She played board one on the winning Ukrainian team at the 2006 Women's Chess Olympiad.

Zhukova was just 12 years old when she made her debut at the World Youth Championship level at Mamaia 1991, tying for 3rd–4th place in the Girls' U12 group with 7½/11.

[1] Zhukova was the youngest player in the field when she made her debut in 1996 at the Ukrainian women's level.

Zhukova's early results earned her a spot on the Ukrainian national women's team starting in 1996, and she has represented Ukraine in six straight Olympiads, since 1998 on board one.

[3] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Zhukova was placed fourth of the party list of Movement of New Forces.