Copy/Paste Range(s) without activating/selecting Range(s)

To initialize some cells/ranges, I am copying a given range and pasting it to another given range using the .Copy and .PaseSpecial methods.

However, it would seem that both methods actually select the range(s) for the operations, i.e. the given ranges(s) are activated/selected thus changing the focus on the spreadsheet.

I would like to perform both operations without actually selecting the given ranges ... what is the (obvious) way to do so?

Thanks,