Her favourite gymnasts during her childhood were Oxana Kostina, Kateryna Serebrianska and Larissa Loukianenko.

[5] She debuted in the Grand Prix series at the 2017 Kiev Grand Prix where she won the all-around gold medal ahead of teammate Iuliia Bravikova, she also qualified to all apparatus finals winning 3 silver medals in ribbon, clubs, ball and finished 4th in hoop.

[6] On June 2–4 Khonina competed at her first World Challenge Cup at the 2017 Guadalajara World Cup where she won the gold medal in the all-around ahead of teammate Ekaterina Selezneva, she qualified to all apparatus finals taking gold medals in ball, clubs, finished 4th in ribbon and 8th in hoop.

[8] In 2018, Khonina started the season with a competition at the 2018 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 7th in the all-around behind Japan's Sumire Kita, she qualified into the clubs and ribbon finals.

On May 11–13, Khonina competed at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup where she won bronze in the all-around behind Nicol Zelikman, she qualified in all apparatus finals taking 2 silver in medals with ball, clubs, a bronze with hoop and finished 5th in ribbon.